Articles tagged 'R Strauss'
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Of Coattails, Hangers-On and Human Zoos
Back in Chicago, back to the fabled yesteryear.
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Of Coattails, Hangers-On and Human Zoos
Back in Chicago, back to the fabled yesteryear.
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Love and Lust, Near and Far
As a Christmas Eve grouping, L’Amour de Loin and Salome are an unthinkable pair, but those were the operas on the roster this past December 24, 2016.
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Love and Lust, Near and Far
As a Christmas Eve grouping, L’Amour de Loin and Salome are an unthinkable pair, but those were the operas on the roster this past December 24, 2016.
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Mostly Symphonies 30.
In 16 intentionally disjointed tracks, with internal repetitions and drop-kicked transitions, Play.list unspools like a pocket Strauss tone poem tracked randomly.
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Mostly Symphonies 30.
In 16 intentionally disjointed tracks, with internal repetitions and drop-kicked transitions, Play.list unspools like a pocket Strauss tone poem tracked randomly.
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Mostly Symphonies 25.
Until recently, Cerha’s Spiegel was easier to see than to hear.
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Mostly Symphonies 25.
Until recently, Cerha’s Spiegel was easier to see than to hear.
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Munich Streets and Statues
A brief trip put me in Munich just after Oktoberfest.
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Mostly Symphonies 17.
Other Thirds — in any version — made little impression until now. But then again, the Wagner nods pass unnoticed.
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Mostly Symphonies 17.
Other Thirds — in any version — made little impression until now. But then again, the Wagner nods pass unnoticed.
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Armchair Operas 3.
With a knowing nod towards Pasolini’s Salò, McVicar and Devlin have set Strauss’ luscious single act (and last avant-garde salvo) in a high-ceilinged, multi-purpose cellar whose dingy tiles and fittings suggest a kitchen, showers, or more appropriately, an abattoir.
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Armchair Operas 3.
With a knowing nod towards Pasolini’s Salò, McVicar and Devlin have set Strauss’ luscious single act (and last avant-garde salvo) in a high-ceilinged, multi-purpose cellar whose dingy tiles and fittings suggest a kitchen, showers, or more appropriately, an abattoir.
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Schoenberg’s “Mis-Handel-ing” and Other Curiosities
We dwell rather on a few monstrous creations by composers who should have known better. Step at your own risk behind a dingy sideshow curtain to gawk at a shelf of specimens in dirty jars.
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Schoenberg’s “Mis-Handel-ing” and Other Curiosities
We dwell rather on a few monstrous creations by composers who should have known better. Step at your own risk behind a dingy sideshow curtain to gawk at a shelf of specimens in dirty jars.
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Archeological Dig
Waste not, want not. I wrote these reviews for TAS about four years ago…
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Archeological Dig
Waste not, want not. I wrote these reviews for TAS about four years ago…