The idea of production effecting the opera at its core–a combination of words and music–came up in last week’s Monteverdi and Sant’Alessio viewing/listenings. Which, natuerlic… more →
Mass Culture Mozartulterior epicure wrote 3 months ago: Chiles Santa Fe, New Mexico I’ve been looking for a good excuse to visit Santa Fe for quite so … more →
sledpress wrote 4 months ago: More opera which is not boring. This is a clip from a remarkable production, of which I was hitherto … more →
gabtor wrote 4 months ago: When war breaks out in the lull of summer 1914, it surprises and pulls millions of men in its wake … more →
Amanda White wrote 5 months ago: Hi! I just had the most amazing weekend in Santa Fe. Well it was Sunday-Thursday, but it had the f … more →
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cultureonthecheap wrote 6 months ago: The idea of production effecting the opera at its core–a combination of words and music– … more →
C/B wrote 6 months ago: How beautiful the Queen of Night, on high Her way pursuing among scattered clouds, Where, ever and a … more →
cultureonthecheap wrote 7 months ago: So today, amid no furniture, I watched the re-broadcast of Lucia di Lammermoor from the Met in HD se … more →
rml wrote 8 months ago: I had so many things to say about Mary Zimmerman’s production of Bellini’s La Sonnambula … more →
winenegress wrote 9 months ago: The Negress is down to her last opera next week, but decided to celebrate a little at her penultimat … more →
markronan wrote 9 months ago: With Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flores as the lovers Amina and Elvino, this promised to be a supe … more →
Neil Kurtzman wrote 9 months ago: Mary Zimmerman’s new production of Bellini’s gentle masterpiece which was booed after it … more →
cultureonthecheap wrote 9 months ago: I make no attempt to be Opera Chic or La Cieca, but several press outlets had some choice words on S … more →
cultureonthecheap wrote 9 months ago: Word on the street is that Mary Zimmerman and the design team for the Met’s new production of … more →
dylandaily wrote 1 year ago: Classical buffs bemoan the dramatic decline in the number of CD releases; some buffs are already tol … more →
operafreak wrote 1 year ago: It is Official. Natalie Dessay is annoying me. In a recent ‘back-stage’ interview conducted with N … more →
Kiira wrote 1 year ago: The staging of the first two acts of San Francisco Opera’s production of Donizetti’s Luc … more →
rml wrote 1 year ago: I’ll be quite honest and confess I went to the Met tonight with a negative disposition. I am a … more →
Mikhail Emelianov wrote 1 year ago: Santa Fe Opera has been gathering some great reviews over the years and, when it comes to new music, … more →