Browsing all posts in June, 2010.
Back in the Bayou with Massenet
Covent Garden’s Laurent Pelly production of Manon won’t please those who nurse a pink rococo vision of the piece. Austere to the point of ugliness (the Hotel de Transylvanie looks like a maximum-security facility designed by Philippe Starck), it is set in a Paris closer to the world of Manet and Zola than Fragonard and [...]
Website of the Week!
by Erica Papillion-Posey Have you ever realised how much singing instruction you could gain by listening to historical singers, especially from those first 60 years of recordings? Don’t miss out on the valuable singing lessons of the great singers from the early years of recordings. Singer’s Legacy explore not only their implications on how to sing, but [...]
July Performance Listings!
by Erica Papillion-Posey NORTH AMERICA ASH LAWN OPERA FESTIVAL (Charlottesville, VA, Charlottesville, 434-293-4500; www.ashlawnopera.org ) July 3 Don Giovanni (Mozart). Also 10, 16, 30, Aug. 1m July 17 Brigadoon (Loewe). Also 18m, 31, Aug. 7, 8m ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL (Wheeler Opera House, 303-925-5482; www.aspenmusicfestival.com) July 15 Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini). [...]
NEA Opera Honors
by Christie Connolley The National Endowment for the Arts announced the 2010 honorees. The four selected from the field of opera are: Philip Glass Martina Arroyo David DiChiera Eve Queler Each honoree will receive $25,000 at an awards ceremony in October. Read more about the honorees here.
You’re Welcome!
by Christie Connolley For your viewing pleasure until we are back with fresh content on Monday morning, I present from the International House of Hunks, Jose Lemos. You’re welcome!
Countdown To A Roman Adventure
by Glenn Winters Do you like opera? How about a beautiful tropical climate, fabulous food, fun-loving instant friends, Italian art and culture, and (best part) GELATO? Then this just might be the blog for you! A little background: in the summer of 1999, while employed as an arts academy director at Virginia Commonwealth University in [...]
The Twilight ‘Travel’ Saga!
by Donald Kaasch TRAVEL After having flown the transatlantic route in excess of 210 round-trips over the course of my career I have arrived at a few basic issues that, perhaps, bear sharing. Packing It is rather important to pack from the outside in. By this I mean that it is in ones best interest [...]
Musical Term of the Week
by Melissa Wimbish If Scooby Doo asked for hot chocolate, it would sound like the pronunciation of this musical term of the week… Rococo - 18th-century reaction against the baroque style. Less formal and grandiose in structure, it was a graceful rather than a profound style, more hedonistic than venturesome. Extreme manifestations were in French keyboard [...]
Audition Listings Update: June 25
by Christie Connolley Are you tired of paying fees to access audition notices? So are we! Every Friday morning, Operagasm presents a fresh update of audition listings. We would be happy to include your audition notice in a full story during the week and/or in the Friday listing, please submit your notice by emailing auditions@operagasm.com. [...]
This Week in History
by Christie Connolley This Week in History on June 23, 1943 a musical genius was born! Operagasm celebrates James Levine 67th birthday! Check out this NEA tribute to the Maestro!
