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The Standard Repertoire: Nixon in China
This post is the sixth entry in an ongoing series about the operas of the standard repertoire. #1 was Eugene Onegin, #2 was La bohème, #3 was The…
Mar 25
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The Standard Repertoire: Rigoletto
Men behaving badly
Jan 29
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The Standard Repertoire: Gounod's Faust
Abysmal Purity
Nov 27, 2023
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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
The Standard Repertoire, #3
Nov 6, 2023
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Puccini: La bohème
The standard repertoire, #2
Oct 9, 2023
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Eugene Onegin
The Standard Repertoire, entry #1
Aug 14, 2023
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New York: Cultural Consumption Report, Part I
Clothes and Shows
May 29, 2023
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Cecily Carver
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40,049 babies, two breasts
Poulenc's Les Mamelles de Tirésias
May 15, 2023
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Travelogue: Berlin
My first 48 hours
Jan 16, 2023
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Cecily Carver
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Opera and Method Acting
I have an essay out this week in VAN Magazine about acting guru Stanislavski’s work with opera singers in the 1920’s. Please give it a read: Many of the…
Jun 20, 2022
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Bluebeard's Castle
It’s a fable, but it’s hard to say what the lesson is. The young Judith has left her family to marry duke Bluebeard, and as Bartòk’s opera opens, the…
Mar 28, 2022
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All Women are Like That
Mozart's Cosi fan tutte
Feb 21, 2022
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