Festival O is back, and the sense of joy and expectation was palpable among the audience and Opera Philadelphia staff, who chatted together as we awaited the start of The Raven.
The terrible thing about this comment sting is that each post revives another tune that might have otherwise lain dormant until next December...
I worked with Frank Corsaro in the 1980s on the opera, The Immortal Hour by Rutland Boughton. He was directing the opera for Julliard and I was chosen to design the costumes for the production. As...
at our annual caroling party last night, the whole crowd said "oh god just STOP" after 2 verses of "I saw three ships"
I try, I try. Yes, that's pretty ghastly, but at least that one is facetious and not sentimental.
Do not forget I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.
One of the most hysterical things I ever saw!
Similar to the use of the definite article in « Ecco l’uomo ».
Not a specific man, but MAN.
I’m too dim to understand the reason then. Puccini isn’t THE artist, not even on his birthday.
For today, I feature two vocal groups who have had a major success with Christmas music. I also have personal recollections/connections to each. It was about 1981 when I first heard of The King’s...
I thought her Margaret was the best thing in the whole enchilada. Her bathtub death scene was riveting. Bonham-Carter wasn't bad in the earlier season, but Manville had the more dramatic end...
The battling brothel ladies. Good madam/Bad madam.
I was right (o my prophetic soul) -- Lisette for Puritani, with the greatest Arturo, Larry Brownlee. At least so sayeth Met Futures (and not my father's ghost).
She has been very active the last few years - Princess Margaret in The Crown, the Liasons Dangerueses prequel, the film Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, and 2 seasons of the...
Given that it's in relation to the great artist that is Puccini, the "paraphrased" quotation with the definite article would be correct. It's about THE Artist, not about an artist.
Oh good grief, I have a recording of that too, I think with Welser-Most. I should get the rest of the symphonies. Järvi recorded them all and there's a new set by Vassily Sinaisky. Also...a set by...
I"m sorry but as great as Audra us, can she compare to Googie Gomez? https://youtu.be/TUI2cYJQRhU?si=JaPZnmLGhsIp5SIB
Thanks! I only knew his Book with Seven Seals - done not so long ago by Metzmacher.
It's a class act compared to Sleigh Ride Together with You, but there's little point splitting hairs between the awful and the horrendous.
It's a hard call to name the single most annoying Christmas song, but that one is certainly in the top three.
On the version, I briefly give my feelings, which are my own. Musicologically and dramaturgically, too many things bother me (Venice indefensible). For more details, I refer to the excellent...
Festival O is back, and the sense of joy and expectation was palpable among the audience and Opera Philadelphia staff, who chatted together as we awaited the start of The Raven.
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