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Concert review: Renée Fleming and the Emerson Quartet channel Vienna in Carnegie Hall

Arthur Kaptainis wrote 1 week ago: Give Renée Fleming credit – for looking radiant and sounding likewise in late mid-career. Then give … more →

Tags: Ampersand, Music, carnegie hall, Emerson String Quartet

On an evolving art form

RHESusMusic wrote 2 weeks ago: I don’t want to turn this blog into a Facebook wall, filled with articles elsewhere that I thi … more →

Tags: Opera, Buzzfeed, Dolora Zajick, James Morris, Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen

Choosing Opera

St. Thomas Public Library wrote 3 weeks ago: Do you know that every year, New York’s Metropolitan Opera holds auditions across the U.S. searching … more →

Tags: Recommended Reading, Food for Thought, Adult Department, Opera, the audition, New York's Metropolitan Opera, Peter Gelb, Marco Armiliato, Susan Graham

roskruge wrote 3 weeks ago: Known Recorded Versions of The Marriage of Figaro, since 1900 ————— … more →

Tags: Las bodas de Fígaro, die hochzeit des figaro, Les noces de Fígaro, le nozze di figaro, The Marriage of Figaro, figaro, Susanna, Count of Almaviva, Glyndebourne

Tara Erraught—she came she conquered! Monday, April 22, 8 a.m.—Green Music Center 2013-14 Subscription Tickets go on sale to the public

genevaanderson wrote 3 weeks ago: Her career was launched with an unexpected debut, replacing an ailing colleague and scoring great ac … more →

Tags: chamber music, Classical Music, Alison Krauss, Bavarian State Opera, Buika, green music center, Joyce DiDonato, Lila Downs, Tara Erraught

Gretchen am Spinnrade by Franz Schubert1 comment

roomagic wrote 4 weeks ago: The piece that I am covering today is one of my all-time favorites, performed by the incomparable Re … more →

Tags: Music, Franz Schubert, Faust, Schubert, gretchen, Gretchen am spinnrade, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, goethe, Lieder

POP goes the OPera

thelovelylavender wrote 1 month ago: Some of the greatest treasures known to mankind are when Opera Singers cross the threshold of sanity … more →

Tags: Music, Opera, videos, Pavarotti, Mariah Carey, Agnes Baltsa, Pop music

Salad Bowl Italian-Opera Style, from Verdi to Zandonai: ‘Otello,’ ‘Forza,’ ‘Traviata’ and… ‘Francesca da Rimini’?

josmarlopes wrote 1 month ago: This year marks the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the reigning king of I … more →

Tags: Opera, musical theater, Classical Music, Cornell MacNeil, Flak Struckmann, Iago, james levine, Johan Botha, La forza del destino

Got a Mastercard? Tuesday, April 2, 8 a.m —Green Music Center 2013-14 go tickets on sale

genevaanderson wrote 1 month ago: She has been invited to perform on all the major opera stages of the world. Renée Fleming will launc … more →

Tags: chamber music, Classical Music, green music center, weill hall

A Streetcar Named Desire

aglassofwine wrote 1 month ago: I’ve never read Tennessee William’s celebrated play, A Streetcar Named Desire, nor watch … more →

Tags: Journal, Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Streetcar Named Desire, Susanna Phillips, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, andre previn, Anthony Dean Griffey

Classical music Q&A: University Opera director William Farlow talks about why he likes Mascagni's rarely staged opera "L'Amico Fritz," which will get three performances on Friday night, Sunday afternoon and Tuesday night. Plus, the acclaimed Wisconsin Brass Quintet marks 40 years with a LIVE-STREAMED concert on Friday night.3 comments

welltemperedear wrote 2 months ago: ALERT: The 40th Anniversary Season Finale Concert by the UW-Madison‘s Wisconsin Brass Quintet  … more →

Tags: Classical Music, Aldo Perelli, Alsace-Lorraine, Brass Quintet, Daniel Grabois, Jacob Stockinger, james macmillan, John Harbison, L'amico Fritz

In Trutina

JDB wrote 2 months ago: Carl Orff’s secular cantata, Carmina Burana, is based on 24 poems that were part of a larger collect … more →

Tags: classical, carl orff, Carmina Burana

Il Mio Babbino Caro: Renee Fleming

layanglicana wrote 2 months ago: O mio babbino caro, mi piace, è bello bello, vo’andare in Porta Rossa a comperar l’anello! Si, si, c … more →

Tags: Songs, puccini, Il mio babbino caro, María Callas, Oh My Beloved Father, soprano aria

Stop listening, start feeling.

classicalvoices wrote 2 months ago: Hello, fellow artists. It is early in the morning, and it is wonderful to be able to say I have live … more →

Tags: Opera, Voice, Artistry, Art, Heart, María Callas, Singing, Inspiration, Self-Reflection

Seeking the Love of Music That I Once Felt

themusedialogue wrote 3 months ago: Erin Yanacek fell deeply in love with music at the age of 12, and that love evolved into the yearnin … more →

Tags: Music, Classical Music, Orchestra, Erin Yanacek

Battle of the Divas: The 55th Grammy Awards

Opera Teen wrote 3 months ago: Happy Grammy Sunday, opera fans! As you may know, here in the U.S., it’s Grammy night. The Gra … more →

Tags: Fabio Luisi, Grammy, Joyce DiDonato, Lepage Ring, Metropolitan Opera, ring cycle, Video, Wagner, Anne Sophie von Otter

Opera Stardom=Fountain of Youth

teresasheffield wrote 3 months ago: Explorer Ponce de Leon, I don’t think I need to point out the irony of you looking in 16th cen … more →

Tags: Opera, fountain of youth, Metropolitan Opera, pone de leon, Strauss, 4 Last Songs, aging, Florida, Star

Divas and Life Lessons

brittanyroseknapp wrote 3 months ago: Renee Fleming – Susan Graham By Brittany Knapp A little over a week ago I was sitting in the d … more →

Tags: Singing, conviction of voice, Susan Graham

The Only Thing to Do

Julie-Anne wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday, I had the great pleasure to attend the Renée Fleming & Susan Graham duo recital at Bo … more →

Tags: Life, making choices, Personal, Bucket List


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