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28 August 2024

RECORDING REVIEW: Giuseppe Verdi — NOBLE RENEGADES (Charles Castronovo, tenor; Delos DE3605)

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GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901) : Noble Renegades – Scenes and Arias from Don Carlos , I due Foscari , Macbeth , Un ballo in maschera , I Lomb...
23 August 2024

BOOK REVIEW: Ricky Ian Gordon — SEEING THROUGH: A CHRONCLE OF SEX, DRUGS, AND OPERA (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; ISBN 9781250390424, 23 July 2024)

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RICKY IAN GORDON (born 1956) : Seeing Through: a Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera [Released on 23 July 2024, by Farrar, Straus and Girou...

RECORDING REVIEW: Alessandro Stradella — ESTER, LIBERATRICE DEL POPOLO EBREO (J. Gould, S. Tedla, J. Lemos, G. Lombardi, S. Vitale, A. Piroli, M. D. Albertini; Navona Records NV6629)

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ALESSANDRO STRADELLA (circa 1643 – 1682) : Ester, liberatrice del popolo ebreo — Jessica Gould (Ester), Sonia Tedla (Speranza celeste), J...
31 July 2024

RECORDING REVIEW: J. S. Bach, F. Liszt, G. Bizet, G. Fauré, C. Debussy, & S. Rachmaninoff — Terrific Transcriptions — Trills and Thrills for Organ (Dr. David von Behren, organ and violin; David von Behren Music 2024)

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750), FRANZ LISZT (1811 – 1886), GEORGES BIZET (1838 – 1875), GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845 – 1924), CLAUDE DEBUSSY (18...
28 July 2024

PERFORMANCE REVIEW: W. A. Mozart, F. Schubert, F. Mendelssohn, G. Fauré, C. Debussy, M. Ravel, & J. Kosma — Dans un bois solitaire (Anna Reinhold, mezzo-soprano; Jory Vinikour, piano; 28 Chairs, Asheville, North Carolina, 29 May 2024)

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791), FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828), FELIX MENDENSSOHN (1809 – 1847), GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845 – 1924), CLAUDE DE...