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Wayward Son

We have a casualty in the Opster Project!  And an important one at that.  Cavalli’s Giasone, or a Medea With a Happy End (and perhaps a happy ending or two).  Before I delve into this bad boy, I… more →

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Wayward Son

cultureonthecheap wrote 1 week ago: We have a casualty in the Opster Project!  And an important one at that.  Cavalli’s Giasone, o … more →

Tags: Culture and Communications, hot aria, opera project, Alex Ross, Argonauts, cavali, Cavalli, cicognini, combattimento

The Most Magnificent Madrigal: Zefiro torna (Monteverdi) — 1 comment

rm144 wrote 2 weeks ago: Notes on Zerfiro Torna, the most stunning piece by Monteverdi This post is dedicated to my Step-Mutt … more →

Tags: Music, Poetry, Artek, Les Arts Florissants, monteverdi, Ottavio Rinuccini, Sarah Davies, Zefiro torna

Sing to Me of Man — 1 comment

cultureonthecheap wrote 3 weeks ago: I fell asleep during Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria last night; not because … more →

Tags: hot aria, Multimedia, Music, opera project, apotheosis, Astoria, baklava, calamari, Greek Drama

REVIEW: Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne 2005

opera.mad wrote 2 months ago: TITLE: Giulio Cesare COMPOSER: G.F. Händel CAST: William Christie, Orchestra of the Age of En … more →

Tags: music (western), opera/ music, Opera, Handel, Baroque, Glyndebourne, Sarah Connolly, Patricia Bardon, Angelika Kirschlager

Listening to Byzantium

fugitive ink wrote 8 months ago: Icon of the Archangel Michael, Constantinople, twelfth century. Basilica di San Marco, Venice. Photo … more →

Tags: Art, Religion, Music, Byzantium, Greek Orthodox Church, Psalmody, Early Music, rameau, Royal Academy

Berlin: Berliner Philharmoniker — 1 comment

cultureonthecheap wrote 1 year ago: The Berlin Philharmonic (or Berliner Philharmoniker) is nothing short of an orchestral legend.  Berl … more →

Tags: Classical Music, Other music, Germany, Berlin, Simon Rattle, Live Music, berliner philharmoniker, philharmonic, Orchestra


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