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It is what she would have wanted
Due to wellness, it is with deep contentedness that Marina Poplavskaya will after all dance the ballet of “The Red Shoes” sing the role of Alice in Robert le Diable at the Royal Opera contrary to the earlier announcement of a cast change.
Small scale
In art, less is more — at least most of the time. But Dicapo Opera’s presentation of The Martyrs is a little more less than ideal. [New York Post]
Gould standard
Midway through his traversal of Wagner’s 10 mature operas for PentaTone, we’ve learned this about Marek Janowski: The no-nonsense maestro puts clarity and detail above the saturated sound and expressive phrasing many conductors employ to capture these works’ mysticism and grandeur.
It’s an approach seems less than ideal for Tristan und Isolde, an opera filled with ambiguities whose fabric fairly ripples with expressions of erotic desire. But Janowski’s newly released March 2012 concert performance with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and its chorus turns out to be the best installment in the series to date, a study in canny pacing and dramatic shadings with a top-notch cast led by Nina Stemme and Stephen Gould. Read more »
I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy
Freud, who hails from London, spent five years as the general director of Houston Grand Opera and is no stranger to bolo ties and 10-gallon Stetsons.
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Swedish frisson
Last week’s freak nor’easter set the tone for Thursday’s chilly new production of Un Ballo in Maschera at the Met.
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Balance of tiara
Gather around, cher public (pictured), to discuss off-topic and general interest subjects in this weeks’ Intermission Feature.
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I’ve been working on the regie road
Remember, remember, the first of November, the Occupy regie and quiz!
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One Saturday in November
My figures show it’s still too early to call Ohio, but other races are more decisive.
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New York Season Calendar
Today's Events
- The Tempest
7:30 PM
Upcoming Events
- November 15, 2012
- The Martyrs
7:30 PM
World premiere of Pasatieri's THE MARTYRS with Catherine Malfitano at Dicapo Opera - Un Ballo in Maschera
7:30 PM
- The Martyrs
Chats
- Nov 16, 7:25 PM: La Clemenza di Tito
- Nov 23, 7:25 PM: Aida
- Nov 28, 7:25 PM: Don Giovanni
- Dec 4, 7:25 PM: Un Ballo in Maschera
- Dec 8, 1:00 PM: Un Ballo in Maschera
- Dec 13, 5:55 PM: Les Troyens
- Dec 15, 1:00 PM: Aida
- Dec 18, 7:25 PM: The Barber of Seville
- Dec 22, 1:00 PM: The Barber of Seville
- Dec 26, 6:25 PM: Les Troyens
- Dec 29, 1:00 PM: The Tempest
- Dec 31, 6:25 PM: Maria Stuarda (P)
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