20.7.12

Caramoor: Capulets and Montagues

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P. Gossett, Divas and Scholars: Performing Italian Opera (2006) H. Poriss, Changing the Score: Arias, Prima Donnas, and the Authority ...
19.7.12

Jeremy Denk and Competitions

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Ligeti, Études pour piano / Beethoven, Sonata (op. 111), J. Denk (released on May 15, 2012) Nonesuch 530562 | 67' When one thinks ...
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18.7.12

Kapell Competition, Nearing the End

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Competitions are strange things, and members of juries tend to hear things differently than other listeners. In any case, it is unwise to se...

Harnoncourt's Vintage 'Poppea'

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C. Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione di Poppea , H. Donath, E. Söderström, C. Berberian, G. Luccardi, P. Langridge, Concentus Musicus Wien, ...
17.7.12

Evelyn Lear’s (Recorded) Legacy

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Evelyn Lear , apart from her international career, was also a local celebrity. Many singers in and around Washington will remember her gene...

Poppea: Hickox in London

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C. Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione di Poppea , A. Auger, D. Jones, S. Leonard, L. Hirst, J. Bowman, City of London Baroque Sinfonia, R. Hi...
16.7.12

The Most Regrettable Death of the Conductor

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Intelligent programming trumps musical horse-power: A self-serving Celibidache-memorial performance of Zubin Mehta in Bruckner’s Eighth S...

'Fallen Angels' on the Fringe

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Charles T. Downey, Michael Oberhauser’s ‘Fallen Angels’ Washington Post , July 16, 2012 The Capital Fringe Festival’s few performances o...