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Scarpia, Mephistopheles and Dr. Bartolo
Thanks to La Cieca for serving up this dish of “tween Rufus playing Scarpia” (plus a teaser for the making-of doc of Prima Donna which aired on Sundance Channel 12/21 at 9pm ET/PT and 12/2… more →
Mass Culture Mozart
Scarpia, Mephistopheles and Dr. Bartolo
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wrote 1 week ago: Thanks to La Cieca for serving up this dish of “tween Rufus playing Scarpia” (plus a tea … more →
Castrati Hottie
wrote 1 month ago: As the Opster Project moves closer towards the age of the castrati, it’s all-too-appropriate t … more →
Tuesday in the Park With Ludwig (and Wolfie)
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wrote 5 months ago: I’ve been playing catch-up over the past week, and in the midst of plowing through the 17th ce … more →
Faustini Major
wrote 6 months ago: The end of the month hurts. It’s always when deadlines and bills fall. Regardless, I’v … more →
What I Read This Weekend
wrote 6 months ago: Matthew Gurewitsch’s fantastic profile of mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca: “In Central Europ … more →
But Don't Take My Word for It
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wrote 6 months ago: My Time Out New York debut (with a tantalizing glory shot of a stack of belgian waffles…be sti … more →
St. John(s) the Divine
wrote 6 months ago: Last night, I saw my former playwriting professor (from Fordham) perform his one-man show. A cross- … more →
Gods, Saints, and Mortals
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wrote 6 months ago: So next up on the list was Cornacchioli’s Diana Schernita, which was freaking me out because t … more →
L'Opster de Ma Tante...
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wrote 6 months ago: So Tuesday, perennial opster Rufus Wainwright previewed/premiered an air from his opera, Prima Donna … more →
And Now a Word from Our Sponsors...
wrote 6 months ago: I’m sitting in the New York Public Library’s performing arts branch at Lincoln Center, l … more →
Dancer(s) in the Dark
wrote 6 months ago: Lifecasting Did I mention that I love free culture in New York? My gal-pal Cathy lives in Manhattan … more →
Follow Friday Five: Juggernaut Brooklyn
wrote 8 months ago: It was the expired icing on the arsenic-laced cake when Brooklyn Phil cancelled its 09/10 season las … more →
Intermissions and iBooks
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wrote 9 months ago: (c) Tris Hussey Why aren’t more opera companies doing this? Last week, the Vancouver Opera hos … more →
And Britten Makes Four
wrote 10 months ago: Boston Lyric Opera (which hold’s the record for most unfortunate acronym) that it will go from … more →
Are Opsters Too Far Off?
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wrote 10 months ago: The foodie revival reminds me a lot of what the opera revival can be. Classical European (and multi … more →
