Category: Opera
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This weekend I went to the opera! A short review of ‘Antony and Cleopatra’
The wife and I went to New York this weekend to see the new production of John Adams’ “Antony and Cleopatra”. Here’s the blurb from the Metropolitan Opera web site: The most recent opera by preeminent American composer John Adams—a glorious adaptation of Shakespeare’s immortal drama—has its Met premiere. Following her debut in the company…
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Drat. Missed it.
I missed the opera last Saturday. We went to a protest instead. I’m kinda bummed about it because I really do want to hear it (Rossini’s L’assedio di Corinto), but I likely have access elsewhere so I’ll try again another time.
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Saturday Afternoon Opera: Die Zauberflöte
Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinee radio broadcast today! Mozart: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTEEvan Rogister; Ben Bliss (Tamino), Golda Schultz (Pamina), Thomas Oliemans (Papageno), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), Stephen Milling (Sarastro), Thomas Ebenstein (Monostatos), Shenyang (Sprecher) I mean, it’s [The Magic Flute]; who can’t like that? I really like Golda Schultz. We saw her live once, I…
Steven Vlad 