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Taminophile: September 2014
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Saturday, September 27, 2014. My Bachtrack review of La Boheme at the Met, second night of the season. I am a big, weepy mess nearly every time I see it. From "Si, mi chiamano Mimì" to Rodolfo's anguished cries of "Mimì! I go through tissue after tissue. Since I was the age of these Bohemians, they have been my friends. The more I see and hear. The more amazed I am at the music of Puccini. ( see the rest. Act II bow, from a previous season. Photo: The Metropolitan Opera. Tuesday, September 2, 2014. Trium...
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Taminophile: Peace can be ours when love we find
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Peace can be ours when love we find. On Monday afternoon I saw the Glimmerglass Festival's new production of. Sean Panikkar and Jacqueline Echols. Photo: Karli Cadel, Glimmerglass Festival. These are minor qualms, I admit, and my only real complaints about the show. The singing was stellar. Sean Panikkar is a fine Tamino—certainly an experienced one, as at his tender young age this is his eighth. Production—and gave Tamino a good combination of dignity and passion. His s...Pamina ...
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Taminophile: This is the very stuff of opera
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Sunday, July 19, 2015. This is the very stuff of opera. So says Tazewell Thompson in his director's essay on the Glimmerglass Festival production of Vivaldi's. The star of the show was the Caesar of countertenor John Holiday. His voice is high but never shrill, and his pyrotechnics are beyond compare. He sang with great passion and tenderness, and commanded the stage easily with his enormous presence. He impressed especially with arias like the angry and florid. Photo: Karli Cadel, Glimmerglass Festival.
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Taminophile: June 2015
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. ROH's La Boheme Revisited. Joseph Callejah and Anna Netrebko. Photo: (c) 2015 Bill Cooper, ROH. I've known for some time that other world-class opera houses have been doing similar broadcasts, and on Sunday I was thrilled to see an NYC showing of a June 10 live broadcast of La Boheme. Of a few weeks ago. Let me say I quite agree with nearly everything Ed says. I merely have a few additional comments. Jennifer Rowley as Musetta with the waiter. Photo: (c) 2015 Bill Cooper, ROH.
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Taminophile: My final Glimmerglass post of the season
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. My final Glimmerglass post of the season. Actually there will be one more after this- an interview with a special Glimmerglass Festival artist. I have found my calling! This is where I post some thoughts and events from my visit to Glimmerglass. That might not fit in full reviews. But first, let me thank lovely PR Manager Kelly and her able intern Kevin for their consideration in providing me access to Glimmerglass artists and shows. Photo: Karli Cadel, Glimmerglass Festival.
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Taminophile: August 2015
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015. Paisiello's Barbiere di Siviglia. On Saturday afternoon, in the middle of my week-long Nozze. Binge, I was happy to see Giovanni Paisiello's 1782 setting of Il Barbiere di Siviglia. This was, of course, part of dell'Arte Opera Ensemble's Beaumarchais Trilogy. (Recall that Pierre Beaumarchais [1732-1799] wrote the plays on which Le Nozze di Figaro. And Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Paisiello's Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Daniela Candillari led the Metamorphosis Chamber Orchestra quite ...
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Taminophile: Macbeth at Glimmerglass
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Sunday, July 19, 2015. On Friday I happily made my annual trek to Cooperstown, NY, to the Glimmerglass Festival. I'll be here for about six days, enjoying the excellent operatic and vocal offerings while Glimmerglass celebrates its 40th season. I write every year about how fond I am of this Festival and how impressed I am with the productions I see here. Eric Owens and Melody Moore. Friday night I saw the new Glimmerglass production of Mr. Verdi's Macbeth. Of Mr Powell in action! I'd recommend seeing thi...
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