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CHRISTINE'S VOICE: July 2012
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Aka grahamophone, Christy G. Saturday, July 14, 2012. The Comfort Zone: Part Two. Previously on The Comfort Zone. I was sitting in a regional train, literally as well as figuratively, in a rather uncomfortable seat going nowhere really fast. I may have amazed them with my super-fast learning skills, my ability to juggle (see previous post: “ It Takes Balls to be an Opera Singer. But rather vocal production. Really. Do you? Well, good for you. Which has gotten me as far as I am. And for certain roles,...
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CHRISTINE'S VOICE: January 2014
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Aka grahamophone, Christy G. Thursday, January 30, 2014. At Super Bowl XLVIII, Team Opera Needs Strong Defense. As soon as it was announced that an opera singer would be singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl, journalists from around the country were met with the task of outwitting each other, coming up with headlines like, “National Anthem will be longer than usual,” (bleacherreport.com), “Will Super Bowl Fans Reject Renee Fleming as National Anthem Singer? Ms Rivera first made strikes at two sou...
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CHRISTINE'S VOICE: I just know that something good is gonna happen!
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Aka grahamophone, Christy G. Wednesday, October 1, 2014. I just know that something good is gonna happen! Before the Dawn: Hammersmith Apollo. In case you weren’t aware, Kate Bush took to the stage this year in London, 35 years after stepping off it last. Tonight is the last of those 22 shows. I had the great pleasure of seeing it. We also visited a small gallery where the most famous images of Kate Bush were on display. The photographers were present and very approachable. My sister had a book s...With ...
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CHRISTINE'S VOICE: Now how much would you pay?
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Aka grahamophone, Christy G. Thursday, March 27, 2014. Now how much would you pay? What is the value of art? I really don’t think Mozart would mind. And what would an opera be without an orchestra? A measly $5 Million? Heck, I’d pay that for a Picasso doodle on a napkin. Degenerate), rather celebrated, auctioned and fought over for exorbitant prices. Why is it that painters in their days of creating have to struggle, only to become “rich” after their deaths? March 27, 2014 at 6:49 PM. What better opportu...
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CHRISTINE'S VOICE: January 2015
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Aka grahamophone, Christy G. Monday, January 26, 2015. Shenson Recital at Stanford: Part 1, Back to the Books. After the recital with Robert Huw Morgan at U.W., 1996. Back in November 2010, when I had the pleasure of singing Gershwin songs with the incomparable Petra Woisetschläger at Die Fabrik. In Frankfurt, I wrote a bit about the process of planning and performing recitals. For our second recital in Seattle, Robert and I featured the first half of Poèmes pour Mi. Series, and coupled with a talented i...
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CHRISTINE'S VOICE: March 2014
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Aka grahamophone, Christy G. Thursday, March 27, 2014. Now how much would you pay? What is the value of art? I really don’t think Mozart would mind. And what would an opera be without an orchestra? A measly $5 Million? Heck, I’d pay that for a Picasso doodle on a napkin. Degenerate), rather celebrated, auctioned and fought over for exorbitant prices. Why is it that painters in their days of creating have to struggle, only to become “rich” after their deaths? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Year of Whitman.
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CHRISTINE'S VOICE: March 2015
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Aka grahamophone, Christy G. Sunday, March 15, 2015. Knowing when enough is enough - K.A. Hartmann's "Lamento". In the last installment. Of Christine’s Voice, I had just chosen Olivier Messiaen’s Poèmes pour Mi. For the Shenson Recital Series at Stanford University. We find our heroine in the library in Frankfurt, on the hunt for repertoire to complete the program. What might fit in with Messiaen’s cycle of love songs written in 1936, also fitting in with the theme of music surrounding World War II?
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CHRISTINE'S VOICE: March 2013
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Aka grahamophone, Christy G. Monday, March 4, 2013. Are those two soap opera. Stars trying to kill me? I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: you can’t always believe what you read! Shaking my head after reading Chiara Bottici’s article from March 3, 2013 on the online version of Al Jazeera’s. Opinion page, I’ve come to the conclusion that either the author is drastically misinformed, or she has fallen victim to a horribly trained editor. I have every confidence she has no ill intentions. Is Verdi̵...
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CHRISTINE'S VOICE: February 2013
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Aka grahamophone, Christy G. Wednesday, February 20, 2013. What are the chances? What are the chances that a. Christmas cactus blooms during Lent? 8226; What were the chances that today would be sunny? 80%, supposedly, but after months of cloudy skies and yesterday’s little blizzard, it seemed like a frickin’ miracle. 8226; What were the chances that I would be second in line at the consulate for my 8:30 appointment, and actually get in and out of there in about 30 minutes? 8226; What were the chances, t...
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