Showing posts with label Opera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Opera. Show all posts
Monday, October 8, 2012

The German Opera Project: “Wagner’s Dream” (VIFF 2012)

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It’s nice to know that in parts of North America, high culture can still be a big deal. In the fall of 2010, New York was in a furor when ...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

VIFF 2011: “The Singing City”

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Those of you who have been following my blog know that I have a major preoccupation with German opera . In particular, the long and difficul...
Friday, August 26, 2011

The German Opera Project: the Bregenz Festival

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Much can be said of stripped-down theatrical productions that do not diminish the power of the work. I once saw a production of The Laramie ...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Random Acts of Culture, #1

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Tovey and the VSO (source: The Georgia Straight) It’s often said, at least in North America, that the higher arts are inaccessible to ...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The German Opera Project: Wagner's Ring in San Francisco

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Achtung, Ring nuts! It would be remiss of the Blogger not to advise all of you who have been following my self-directed German Opera Pr...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

PURSEuasion: A Vancouver Opera Society Fundraiser

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Any day that begins with a Jane Austen reference is a great day. The Blogger was pleasantly surprised to find out recently about a forthcom...
Saturday, May 7, 2011

Verdi, Verdi Good

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Although this blog is dedicated to the finer things in life, and opera is one of them, this writer finds it deliciously, comically ironic t...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

The German Opera Project: Maiden Voyage

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I made it through part one. How was my first experience? My first question, if you recall from my first post , was: where were the Viking ...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

The German Opera Project: Go Big Or Go Home

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Hyper Smash As a child, I saw the classic Looney Tunes animated short “What’s Opera, Doc?” It was my first introduction to high culture,...