Browsing all posts in July, 2010.
You’re Welcome!
by Christie Connolley For your viewing pleasure until we are back with fresh content on Monday morning, I present Isaac Hurtado. You’re welcome!
Audition Listings Update: July 30
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. [...]
Competition Listings Update: July 30
by Christie Connolley Are you tired of paying fees to access competition notices? So are we! Every Friday morning, Operagasm presents a fresh update of competition listings. We would be happy to include your competition notice in a full story during the week and/or in the Thursday listing, please submit your notice by emailing competitions@operagasm.com. Young Concert Artists Deadline: [...]
The Only Reason Kim Jong-Il Leaves North Korea is…
by Melissa Wimbish Opera, damnit! Even super-villains have good taste in music! It’s clear that he was a bit partial to this particular opera company since he is one of the people that helped establish it. Get this fun little element of crazy — the name of the opera company is: SEA OF BLOOD OPERA [...]
Musical Term of the Week
by Melissa Wimbish Music from the 80s makes me sad. Even the supposedly upbeat tracks harbor something bittersweet. “Take on Me,” “Don’t You Forget About Me,” and “Died in Your Arms” are all perfect examples of what I like to call “Sobby Synthpop.” Doctrine of affections – A theory that arose during the Baroque period [...]
This Week in History
by Christie Connolley This Week in History we mark the anniversary of the premiere of Wagner’s Parsifal. “The premiere of the entire work was given in the Festspielhaus at Bayreuth on 26 July 1882 under the baton of the German-born Jewish conductor Hermann Levi. In July and August 1882 sixteen performances of the work were [...]
Production of Franz Schreker’s Opera The Distant Sound (Der ferne Klang)
First Fully-Staged North American Production of Franz Schreker’s Haunting 1910 Opera The Distant Sound (“Der ferne Klang”) Opens This Friday, July 30, at Bard SummerScape 2010 SummerScape 2010 Includes 21st Season of World-Renowned Bard Music Festival, “Berg and His World”, and New Production of Oscar Straus’s Operetta The Chocolate Soldier (Aug 5–15) “Summerscape at Bard [...]
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music: A Legendary School
by Andrew Lunsford “I have always felt that the Indiana University School of Music was one of the finest schools in the world.”— Beverly Sills The Indiana University School of Music (now named “Jacobs School of Music” or “JSOM”) is indeed one of the finest music schools in the world. It boasts world-renowned faculty, world-class [...]
Johnny Carson’s Interview with Jackie!
by Melissa Wimbish Oh, Jackie! You are such a great lady. Nothing says America like The Johnny Carson Show. Here is the one and only Marilyn Horne discussing her nickname, the piece of mucous that wouldn’t dare fall down, and reviewers. She sings at the beginning too…with a cold…and Johnny Carson’s cigarette burning nearby in [...]
Word of the Day!
by Erica Papillion-Posey SCENA or Scene (as we unfortunate Americans would know it) (shā′nə) a noun of Italian origin meaning: 1. A dramatic section of an opera, for solo singers, that includes a recitative, arioso, and arias 2. An accompanied section of a libretto or a specially composed dramatic piece for a solo singer presented [...]
