La Cieca (not pictured) surrenders, cher public: she can no longer bear the burden of opposing ignorant, hysterical pearl-clutching on the internet. The clutchers have won.
You give me some hope then. As you've seen me say before, probably, Sellars' Beatrice di Tenda was very poor, and his online talk about Castor is quite similar to the one he...
A favorite Mozart performance from Peter Russell · 7 minutes ago
Whatever it's made of, it sounds pretty ghastly.
A favorite Mozart performance from Peter Russell · 12 minutes ago
Wow. That look of dignity mixed with resignation and sadness on Gwyneth Jones’ face after “in Gottes Namen” is remarkable…she really is a stunning singing actress.
A favorite Mozart performance from Peter Russell · 2 hours ago
Serve up the pie, Anita Bryant is dead.
A favorite Mozart performance from Peter Russell · 3 hours ago
Looking forward to hearing him live.
It was high summer when I visited Bucharest. Besides the ugly communist buildings, it was so hot that the asphalt was literally melting and sticking to our shoes when we walked!
A favorite Mozart performance from Peter Russell · 3 hours ago
Such sad news. For anyone who has never been in Wanamakers/Macy's, this video shows the Opera Company of Philadelphia singing the Hallelujah Chorus in the magnificent atrium, together with...
A favorite Mozart performance from Peter Russell · 3 hours ago
I was only in Bucharest. As for the salde de boeuf, it is actually the Romanian name for the Russian Salat Oliver. Tha one originally consisted of tongue, quail,and vegetables in a mayonnaise...
A favorite Mozart performance from Peter Russell · 3 hours ago
Well, according to this recipe, it can be made with beef, chicken, turkey, or even vegetarian despite the name. it seems to be a Romanian speciality.
A favorite Mozart performance from Peter Russell · 4 hours ago
Good.
A favorite Mozart performance from Leyla Gender-Bender · 4 hours ago
The cast for the premiere in 2004 of the Taymor Zauberfloete wasn't so hot except for Roeschmann and Polenzani who were superb. She was supposed to return in the spring but was pregnant I...
A favorite Mozart performance from Peter Russell · 4 hours ago
I heard Key/mon in Seattle Opera's Orpheus (2022?) and was stunned by the beauty of his voice. The color, the vibrancy, the ease. It felt like a real discovery. Tracked down as much as I could...
He was not a great Duke in San Francisco a few years ago but was an excellent Romeo. I just don’t think the Duke is his role. Pati that is.
A favorite Mozart performance from Leyla Gender-Bender · 5 hours ago
Anita Bryant is dead.
A favorite Mozart performance from Leyla Gender-Bender · 5 hours ago
I, for one, wouldn't have such fears. I really loved Sellars's first French baroque production: Charpentier's Medee in Berlin in late 2023 and Currentzis's Rameau CD is very...
A favorite Mozart performance from Peter Russell · 5 hours ago
Or the Pachelbel.
You should do a cloak and dagger setting of your experience in Bucharest, a « Romanian Rhapsody » with Orson Welles starring as « You ».
A favorite Mozart performance from Peter Russell · 5 hours ago
Well....it's better than the Taco Bell Canon.
A favorite Mozart performance from Peter Russell · 6 hours ago
Showing how it is done, indeed! This is a voice with the brass, resonance, and squillo requisite to sing this role, unlike any one of them lined up for this run in January, whether in...
This afternoon I was subjected to the first in what will doubtless be MANY hommages to Boulez, whose centenary is this year. *Pli selon Pli*, or, as I’ve unaffectionately termed it, « Outtakes und...
A favorite Mozart performance from Peter Russell · 6 hours ago
La Cieca (not pictured) surrenders, cher public: she can no longer bear the burden of opposing ignorant, hysterical pearl-clutching on the internet. The clutchers have won.
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