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Saturday, June 30, 2007

The Demise of the Juilliard Choral Union

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I have been a member of the Juilliard Choral Union for four years. With the ensemble I have performed many wonderful concerts which includ...
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Friday, June 29, 2007

Beverly Sills gravely ill

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It was reported yesterday that soprano Beverly Sills is gravely ill with cancer. The following is an article from The Washington Post det...
Thursday, June 28, 2007

The Kirov Ring at the MET

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After much self-debate, I'll be attending the Kirov Ring at the Metropolitan Opera this summer in July after all. I got tickets to th...
Monday, June 11, 2007

Frost/Nixon on Broadway

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The genius of Frost/Nixon when it comes to the two figures that the play brings to life is not rooted in the fact that Frank Langella look...
Sunday, June 10, 2007

LoveMusik on Broadway

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LoveMusik , the new Harold Prince show, with its lovely title and incredible talent behind it, is a great idea for a musical. However, li...
Saturday, May 19, 2007

A Great Start for Peter Gelb

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Peter Gelb 's first year at The Metropolitan Opera was a fantastic beginning to what will apparently be an exciting, productive tenure ...
Friday, May 04, 2007

"The Tristan Project" arrives in New York

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The Tristan Project has finally arrived in New York three years after its premiere in Los Angeles. Although it is presented here different...
Saturday, April 21, 2007

Equus at the John Gielgud Theatre, London

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Peter Shaffer 's magnificent play Equus , the troubling story of a boy who undergoes therapy after blinding a stable of race horses, has...
Sunday, April 08, 2007

Satyagraha at the English National Opera

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The new Production of Philip Glass 's opera Satyagraha is now playing at the English National Opera where I saw it last night. This pr...
Friday, February 23, 2007

Lorin Maazel to conduct at the MET

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The following bit of news appeared in The New York Times on February 22. The article is by Daniel J. Wakin. It took only 45 years, but Lor...
Thursday, February 22, 2007

New Production of Tannhäuser in Frankfurt

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It is good to be able to report some Wagner news. A new production of Tannhäuser is playing in Frankfurt. Here is a review from Bloomberg...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Simon Boccanegra at the MET

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Giuseppe Verdi found inspiration time after time in the history and literature of Spain. Some of his best works, such as that perennial fa...
Sunday, February 18, 2007

The Last King of Scotland

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I finally got around to watching Kevin MacDonald 's The Last King of Scotland , the powerful film about the relationship between Ugandan...
Monday, February 12, 2007

Of Oscars, Mexican Directors, and the Bible

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With the Oscars ceremony a mere twelve days away, and the nomination of Children of Men , Pan's Labyrinth , and Babel for major awards,...
Sunday, February 11, 2007

A New Ring for the MET is announced

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The following exciting news was reported on Playbill arts: Peter Gelb , the new general manager of The Metropolitan Opera , revealed some ju...
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Saturday, February 10, 2007

American Songbook: Jason Robert Brown

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Last night I was very fortunate to be a part of the American Songbook series at the Allen Room inside the AOL-Time Warner Building. As a mem...
Friday, January 26, 2007

Wagner Limericks

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Here are four limericks on Wagner’s Ring Cycle DAS RHINEGOLD When swimming along in the Rhine With maidens who rarely said “nein”, A dwarf f...
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Friday, January 19, 2007

My MET Debut

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Now it can be said that I have played all three major houses at Lincoln Center. Tonight, I made my Metropolitan Opera debut in the chorus ...
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Monday, January 15, 2007

A December DON CARLO to remember

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In the middle of a busy Christmas season, it was good to take a break from all the running around that the Yuletide usually brings and atte...
Friday, December 01, 2006

Deborah Voigt's Year of Birth

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Online searches come up empty if you want to know when Deborah Voigt was born. I found this a little unusual because, being a highly respe...
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Vincent Vargas is a retired foreign language and film history teacher from New York City. He runs websites dedicated to Casablanca (www.vincasa.com) and Richard Wagner (www.wagneroperas.com).
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