Category Archives: opera

Of machines and music and realistic rainbow bridges

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

Early in my relationship with my husband, I learned that he was a big opera fan, one of those people who will quickly call to mind that the word fan is short for fanatic. This, I thought, was just a … Continue reading →

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>Dr. Atomic

Posted on November 16, 2008 by

>I saw the Met’s HD presentation of John Adam’s Dr. Atomic (libretto by Peter Sellars) last weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it. Spending a Saturday afternoon watching an opera about Robert Oppenheimer and the first atomic test definitely seems like something … Continue reading →

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>"Only A Dog Could Sing Such Notes": High Tech, High Def Opera

Posted on January 9, 2007 by

>”Only a dog could sing such notes, they are so high.” That is what Beverly Sills commented regarding the “mad scene” in Bellini’s I Puritani, currently at the Metropolitan Opera, during last Saturday’s “Live in High Definition” broadcast from The … Continue reading →

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