The past week included dueling tenor birthdays. Let’s face it, as beautiful as the Maltese Tenor is, Placi is venerable.
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The past week included dueling tenor birthdays. Let’s face it, as beautiful as the Maltese Tenor is, Placi is venerable.
Read MoreIn the world of opera, it is rather interesting that the most dynamic tenor-baritone duo in history celebrates birthdays about a week apart. Last
Read MoreTosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the
Read MoreI loath Christmas music that is sung poorly and six weeks before Christmas. Today is acceptable. It is December 23. And… We
Read MoreJosé Carreras, survivor, turned seventy-two on December 5. Having lost a cousin and several friends to the cancer which hit him, this is something
Read MoreToday is my birthday. I’ve decided to have a recital of my favorites. One of the fun things about opera is the possibility of
Read MoreI think I angered someone on Facebook when I did not react as I should to a photo of an obviously stoned Janis Joplin.
Read MoreFunny thing, I think I’ve seen Placido Domingo at the Met, more than any other tenor. I do think he is one of the
Read MoreI’m extremely ticked as I do this post. Very, very ticked, to the point where someone did not advise me properly, and cost a
Read MoreWyatt Earp was born 170 years old ago tomorrow. And, yes there is an opera for that – La Fanciulla del West. And, of
Read MorePlacido Domingo turned his seventy-seven on January 21. It is a total insult to the great tenor that we are just now getting around
Read MoreYesterday was the first time I’ve been able to listen to opera, or the Met since our great loss. It was very difficult, and
Read MoreEric Leinsdof Sherrill Milnes Placido Domingo Jane Marsh Josephine Veasey This is considered one of the finest recordings of Beethoven’s classic yet created. I
Read MoreFirst published on July 16, 2017. Last week, one of the music magazines ran a list of their top ten Nessun dorma tenors/and or
Read MoreThis week saw the celebration of opera as a genera, an art form, and way of life. There are those who consider it the
Read MoreFortunately, there is an opera for everything, including the Wild West. La fanciulla del West, by Giacomo Puccini, directly followed his masterpiece, Madama Butterfly.
Read MoreThis evening the Metropolitan Opera will celebrate 50 years at Lincoln Center. When it opened, the NY Times gushed: “…On September 16, 1966, the
Read MoreI have resisted temptation long enough. In honor of the 225th or the 56th birthday Gioachino Rossini, I’m just going to do it. Deal
Read MoreThis is my favorite duet. Don Giovanni: There I’ll give you my hand, There you’ll say yes: See, it is not far, my love,
Read MoreTomorrow is the birthday of the greatest baritone of them all, the one who put the hunk in the word baritone and the rest
Read MoreBy now you’ve heard the news about our favorite baritone. It is heart-breaking. Opera is like baseball. It does break your heart. It will
Read MoreThe best baritone crooning is cheesy. I doesn’t matter who the baritone is, it just needs to be a little cheesy. (I’ve added 1
Read MoreThis is one of those wonderful, self-indulgent posts that can be about anything. I’m loving it. I suspect I’ll just meander around Lincoln Center
Read MoreI wonder how many people besides moi owe their love of classical music to Leonard Bernstein and his Sunday afternoon young people’s concerts? I
Read MoreTo prove I am not a total bigot when it comes to tenors let’s try a little Nessum Dorman Smackdown. My favorite – the
Read MoreWilliam Shakespeare died 400 years ago, yesterday. In many ways Shakespeare and opera is a match made in heaven. The greatest operatic performance I
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