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Tag Archives: Richard Strauss
Déjà Egoyan
The title is ambiguous, meaning several things. I am writing again about an Egoyan, this time Atom, after two recent rhapsodic pieces about his sister (concert & CD review) Egoyan returns again to Strauss’s Salome, a modified revival of a … Continue reading
Pageants of Power
Whenever a new pair of presenters come out onto the stage at the Academy Awards, the pit band begins to play something suitable. Nobody does that when I walk into a room. I was thinking about this after reading some … Continue reading
Love’s Dark Shore
How apt that in the week of Valentine’s Day, between performances of Tristan und Isolde, a paean to love, that the Canadian Opera Company should present a concert program titled “Love’s Dark Shore” in the Richard Bradshaw Auditorium. We heard … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Franz-Josef Selig, Rachel Andrist, Richard Strauss, Schubert, Tristan und Isolde, Wagner
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10 Questions for Franz-Josef Selig
German bass Franz-Josef Selig is making his Canadian Opera Company debut as King Marke in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. Selig has performed at the world’s great opera houses including the Met, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, La Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, … Continue reading
Posted in Ten Questions
Tagged Franz Schubert, Franz-Josef Selig, King Marke, Richard Strauss, Tristan und Isolde, Wagner
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Once is not enough
We know that technology is changing rapidly. Can you imagine that human perception would somehow remain unchanged, or is it more likely that with all the new platforms, applications, and media, that our brains might work in new ways? Such … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged Beethoven Marathon, Justin Bieber, Melati Suryodarmo, Puccini, Regietheater, Richard Strauss, Rossini, Slavoj Zizek, Valentina Lisitsa
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