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Blogs about: Giacomo Puccini

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"A better drama without the music"3 comments

drammapermusica wrote 1 day ago: Puccini scribbled out this (incorrectly notated) version of Minnie's theme for The New York Time … more →

Tags: critical reaction, La fanciulla del West

Rent

lachatnoir wrote 1 week ago: … more →

Tags: Song de Jour, Pulitzer, Song Du Jour, musicals, Rent, Jonathan Larson, La Boheme, broadway, West End

I Spit on Your Grave released Nov. 3, 1978

goremasterfx wrote 1 month ago: Day of the Woman, better known by its re-release title, I Spit On Your Grave, is a controversial rap … more →

Tags: Horror, On This Date, Thriller, Drama, goremaster, 1978, graphic violence, I Spit on Your Grave released Nov. 3, Day of the Woman

The cat and the modern totem

mekleni wrote 1 month ago: The movement of the world can be quite unforeseen. It is a random resource that we might as well enj … more →

Tags: Inspirational, Nessun Dorma, Pavarotti

Antony Hegarty Loves Coffee

Patrick wrote 1 month ago: Apparently Antony Hegarty loves a good cup of Joe. So much in fact that he is endorsing Italian coff … more →

Tags: Tracks and Clips, antony and the johnsons, Antony Hagerty, Nessum Dorma, lavazza coffee, turandot, Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra

A lighter week

WappingMark wrote 1 month ago: Amidst what has been quite a heavy working week, opera-going was comparatively light.  There could … more →

Tags: Antonio Pappano, Christopher Maltman, Gianni Schicchi, Gilbert & Sullivan, iolanthe, L'Heure Espagnole, Maurice Ravel, Opera, royal opera

POPera - Opera As Pop Music From The 16th Century to Now

musiqology wrote 1 month ago: Sitting in an empty concert hall, I remember leaning over the polished banister, enthralled by the e … more →

Tags: Pop music, Classical Music, Opera, Luciano Pavarotti, Paul Potts, turandot, Mozart, Wagner, Baroque

Recapping the last ten days

jess wrote 1 month ago: Kat taking one of many photos at the 颐和园 Summer Palace I can’t actually remember what I was do … more →

Tags: Beijing, harbin, wudaokou, Mirch Masala, bird's nest, Marhaba Restaurant, Lush, Traktirr Pushkin, twilight

Review of Opening night of the 2009/2010 season at the MET: Puccini's "Tosca": Washington Post

operadoc wrote 2 months ago: OPERA The Met’s Twist on ‘Tosca’? It’s the Audience That Gets the Knife. By … more →

Tags: screaming out, Karita Mattila, Tosca, james levine, Marcelo Álvarez, George Gagnidze, Luc Bondy, Franco Zeffirelli

Madame Butterfly-The Philadelphia Connection

ornamento wrote 3 months ago: Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madam Butterfly has a  Philadelphia connection. John Luther Long, a Ph … more →

Tags: Philadelphia, Art, Music, Law, philadelphia city hall, madama butterfly, jun kaneko, Philadelphia Opera Company, philadelphia lawyer

Thursday listening

drammapermusica wrote 3 months ago: “Ecco la casa…Torna ai felici dì” from Giacomo Puccini’s Le Villi, with Robe … more →

Tags: Antonio Pappano, Le villi, roberto alagna, Torna ai felici dì

Thursday listening

drammapermusica wrote 3 months ago: “O soave fanciulla,” from Act 1 of Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème, with Jan Peerce as … more →

Tags: Arturo Toscanini, Jan Peerce, La Boheme, Licia Albanese

What a topsy-turvy end to the opera season

WappingMark wrote 4 months ago: It’s been a bit of a whirlwind of late.  To summarise: Orpheus in the Underworld at Holland Pa … more →

Tags: Alessandro Corbelli, Amanda Echalaz, Angela Gheorghiu, BP Big Screen, Colin Lee, Gioachino Rossini, Glyndebourne, Il barbiere di siviglia, Jacques Lacombe

What a topsy-turvy end to the opera season

WappingMark wrote 4 months ago: It’s been a bit of a whirlwind of late.  To summarise: Orpheus in the Underworld at Holland Pa … more →

Tags: Opera, royal opera, Juan Diego Flórez, Il barbiere di siviglia, Glyndebourne, Opera Holland Park, orpheus in the underworld, Nelly Miriciou, Angela Gheorghiu

Report: Glasthule Opera2 comments

Michael Lee wrote 5 months ago: The Glasthule Opera shows in Dún Laoghaire’s Pavilion Theatre last week were as good as you co … more →

Tags: irish opera news, Glasthule Opera, Vaughan Williams

Txt msg, amazing athlete, and Cuban opera.

Alekos wrote 6 months ago: Are we text messaging too much? This guy is ABSOLUTELY insane. Watch him. Amazing Cuban opera from t … more →

Tags: Culture and Events, Technology and Software, Music, Internet, Psychology, Opera, Text Message, Communication, Teenagers

I dreamed a dream...

lomein wrote 7 months ago: If people haven’t heard of Susan Boyle, they will now. For those people who totally are unawar … more →

Tags: Television, Britain's Got Talent, British, broadway, Les Miserables, Music, musicals, Opera, Paul Potts

Cleveland Institute of Music Videoconferences

Rebecca Morrison wrote 8 months ago: Here are some new videoconferences (elementary through high school) available from the Cleveland Ins … more →

Tags: Videoconferencing, distance learning, classroom technology, ludwig van beethoven, Cleveland Institute of Music, Careers in Music

Met Opera HD broadcast of "Madama Butterfly": a guest report

virtualfarmboy wrote 8 months ago: I didn’t make it to last week’s Metropolitan Opera HD video broadcast of Puccini’s … more →

Tags: Music, Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Marcello Giordani, Patricia Racette, Dwayne Croft, madama butterfly, HD, Broadcast


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