Author Archives: barczablog

Soup Can Theatre: Barber’s A Hand of Bridge, Sartre’s No Exit

Posted on March 7, 2013 by barczablog

“Press releases and announcements” are presented verbatim without comment. SOUP CAN THEATRE Presents Samuel Barber’s A Hand of Bridge (Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti) & Jean Paul Sartre’s NO EXIT (Translation by Stuart Gilbert) A Special Double Bill Presentation! March … Continue reading →

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Time and Tide

Posted on March 6, 2013 by barczablog

Talisker Players offer the latest in a series  of investigations of the meaning of life.  What is it about this time of year?  I pondered it a bit the other day, musing on February-phobia.  In this country we’re driven in … Continue reading →

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Erlösung dem Erlöser

Posted on March 3, 2013 by barczablog

There have been many reviews published already, some in exquisite detail, so I assume that if you want to know about the new Metropolitan Opera Parsifal, the François Girard co-production with Opera Lyon (2012) & the Canadian Opera Company (TBA), … Continue reading →

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Lost in the East

Posted on March 3, 2013 by barczablog

We always know our spatio-temporal co-ordinates with the help of satellite surveillance and assorted electronic devices.  When was the last time you were lost? Those of us with regular jobs go back and forth along the same streets.  From time … Continue reading →

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Fabulous February (?)

Posted on March 1, 2013 by barczablog

Hm, the headline may strike some of you as an oxymoron. CAN a February be fabulous? Yet mine was, without a doubt. This was my best February ever.  I want to share the wealth as we slip into March, knowing … Continue reading →

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10 Questions for Carla Huhtanen

Posted on February 27, 2013 by barczablog

Soprano Carla Huhtanen is in demand internationally for her soaring, translucent voice, her winning stage presence, and her diverse repertoire, gracing stages throughout Europe and across North America, a strong interpreter of traditional repertoire, unafraid of new composition. A regular … Continue reading →

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Metropolitan Opera 2013-2014

Posted on February 27, 2013 by barczablog

Depending on your taste, there are good and bad things in Peter Gelb’s announcement of the 2013-2014 season at the Metropolitan Opera. I am most excited by an item that seems to currently be under the radar.  Dmitri Tcherniakov will … Continue reading →

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10 Questions for Isabel Bayrakdarian

Posted on February 26, 2013 by barczablog

When I pictured writing a biographical essay about Isabel Bayrakdarian, the phrase that popped into my head –no lie—is exactly the one you find on her official bio on her website.  She really did “burst onto the international opera scene”.  … Continue reading →

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Pageants of Power

Posted on February 25, 2013 by barczablog

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 →

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Akhnaten in Indiana

Posted on February 24, 2013 by barczablog

It’s late at night.  It’s intermission, as I watch Philip Glass’s opera Akhnaten from Jacobs School of Music, at Indiana University, Bloomington, conducted by Arthur Fagen, directed by Candace Evans, and live-streamed on my laptop.  This student production is very … Continue reading →

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