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For a change of pace, “Trove Thursday” presents three recent vocal (but non-operatic) selections—Elina Garanca cavorting through Berio’s marvelous Folk Songs, “man of the hour” Jonas Kaufmann singing a chamber version of Mahler’s haunting Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, and the little-known Finnish soprano Anu Komsi delving into Sibelius’s thrillingly mysterious Luonnotar.
This week’s trio, last week’s Lucio Silla from Harnoncourt and Gruberova, along with all previous “Trove Thursday” offerings are available for download from iTunes or via any RSS reader.
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
Christopher Corwin began writing for parterre box in 2011 under the pen name “DeCaffarrelli.” His work has also appeared in , The New York Times, Musical America, The Observer, San Francisco Classical Voice and BAMNotes. Like many, he came to opera via the Saturday Met Opera broadcasts which he began listening to at age 11. His particular enthusiasm is 17th and 18th century opera. Since 2015 he has curated the weekly podcast Trove Thursday on parterre box presenting live recordings.