Catch me if you cantata Catch me if you cantata

J.S. Bach doesn’t get a lot of attention on this site although he wrote tons of vocal music.

By December 21, 2017 at 10:00 AM
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Black Friday Black Friday

Usually the longer I know a work the more I look forward to rediscovering it, but that’s just not the case with the Verdi Requiem.

By November 27, 2017 at 8:40 AM
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The lady is a camp The lady is a camp

Verdi’s Macbeth gets true blood-and-guts treatment from Guillermo Sarabia and the legendary Marisa Galvany.

By October 31, 2016 at 11:09 AM
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Wagner, where you least expect it Wagner, where you least expect it

“Trove Thursday” offers a Der Fliegende Holländer from New York City Opera featuring the underrated American soprano Johanna Meier.

By August 11, 2016 at 9:00 AM
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Sunset, Sunrise Sunset, Sunrise

This Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson from breast cancer.

By June 30, 2016 at 10:45 AM
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Sweet bird Sweet bird

Anna Moffo made some of the most entrancing records ever. Their appeal is to “voice fanciers.” (I understand. We’re a despised group.) But Moffo’s best work renders us helpless. 

By January 25, 2016 at 11:58 AM
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The oldest rule in the book The oldest rule in the book

Something a little out of the ordinary from Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin this week: David Del Tredici‘s Final Alice, featuring the “original cast.”

By December 15, 2014 at 7:00 AM
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Ottoman and woman Ottoman and woman

“With radiant looks, we shall depart this world,” sing Konstanze and Belmonte near the end of Mozart’s exotic yet charming opera Singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Serail.

By November 01, 2014 at 7:22 AM
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Virgin territory Virgin territory

The chicken or the egg?

By July 27, 2012 at 4:39 PM
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