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Friday, 6 December 2013

R.I.P Nelson Mandela

May this great man rest in peace.

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A Life Operatic in London

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An everyman for himself

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10 years ago
David's Blog | Bachtrack: classical music concerts, opera, CDs, directory and more

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dramma per musica

peter lieberson (1946-2011) - More sad news this morning. American composer Peter Lieberson died in Israel while undergoing treatment for lymphoma. He was 64. Lieberson is perhaps best ...
15 years ago
ENTARTETE MUSIK

Der Abschied - It was a salutary experience visiting the Hôtel des Bains on the Lido in Venice last week. The site of Gustav von Aschenbach’s demise, it is one of the m...
12 years ago
Gertsamtkunstwerk

Hythe Venetian Fete 2019 - The Hythe Venetian Fete, first established in the 1890s, takes place in August every two years. Various local organisations - commercial and not-for-profit...
7 years ago
Hell Mouth

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Holde Kunst Classical Music Blog

Holde Kunst Review: Robin Holloway's Essays And Diversions II - After thumbing through this (as originally published) expensive book at Borders, and choosing not to pay $50 for it, *Essays and Diversions II* has remai...
16 years ago
Il grand' Inquisitor

Il Grand' Inquisitor verhuist - De firma die mijn website host, heeft een paar maanden geleden aangekondigd dat ze het hosten van websites niet meer als hun kerntaken ziet. Ik heb dan maa...
6 years ago
Interesting Music Stuff

2013 a new year to launch a new blog - Hi all, After starting this experiment back in 2008 to learn about blogging and other Web 2.0 tools I've decided to take the next step and migrate to the W...
13 years ago
Intermezzo

Opera Holland Park ticket offer - All remaining tickets for the first two performances of OHP's new Adriana Lecouvreur are reduced to £30 - roughly half price. The dates are Thursday 24 and...
12 years ago
Jumping Through Hoops

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Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews

The Breadwinner, Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, April 2013 - People are trapped by the expectations of society, and it can take a dramatic rupture from convention to move on with your life. This was something Somerse...
13 years ago
Non-Stop Opera

Montserrat Caballe “Casta diva” Norma Orange 1974 - Caballe gives definity to each note in the ornaments as at 0:18 and 0:30. Each note can be distinguished from the previous one; it is not merely a smere of...
16 years ago
Oberon's Grove

Dunja Vejzović ~ Alto Rhapsody - Dunja Vejzović (above) sings Johannes Brahms's Alto Rhapsody, with the Houston Symphony Orchestra and Men's Chorus, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach, reco...
2 years ago
Opera Chic

Fonda-ness for Beethoven - Even before she was a cool lady, she was a cool girl. Vintage Jane Fonda (with Peter McEnery) rocks a...
12 years ago
Opera Forum

Some thoughts on Opera & Opera Forum - Opera constitutes in its real essence a versatile spectacle. The art of singing is an indissoluble aspect of its language. As a natural way for the express...
18 years ago
Opera News

QUIZ: Name These Midwestern Animals - Moose, deer, and bears, oh my!
6 years ago
Opera Today

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operamission

the tragic american archetype - Saturday, June 22, 5:00 PM Nolan Park on Governors Island, NYC Please join operamission, the little OPERA theater of ny, and Bronx Opera for a FREE CONCERT...
7 years ago
Paris – Broadway

Der Rosenkavalier - Royal Opera House, Londres 2017-01-08 . 15:00 Malheureusement, ce Rosenkavalier n’a guère inspiré le génial Robert Carsen, qui fait du Otto Schenk dans le ...
9 years ago
parterre box

I’ll take the fall - The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall's Talk of the Town!
1 day ago
Prima la musica, poi le parole

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Primi Divi

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Royal Opera House

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The Opera Tattler

Festival Opera's Carmen - * Notes * Festival Opera put on a visceral production of Carmen at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek last weekend. The staging was effective a...
3 years ago
Thomasina’s last waltz

A Chorus Line - On Sunday to see A Chorus Line at the Capitol Theatre. Thoroughly enjoyable, despite a nasty throat tickle that drove me out into the gilded foyer during “...
14 years ago

My Socialist Blog List

Arbeiterlieder Archiv - Texte, Noten, Akkorde, MP3, Download uvm.

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artsagainstcuts

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Camden Kiwi

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Climate and Capitalism

Emissions, sea level and ocean heat reach record highs - Meteorologists' report shows record and near-record temperatures across the globe in 2025 Source
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Coalition of Resistance Against Cuts & Privatisation

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Green Reading List Blog

Latest List Version - If this is your first visit, for more information please click on “About” and “How This Blog Works” on the page header. GREEN READING LIST Basic Introducto...
19 years ago
L'écologithèque.com

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Movimento Antilega

SPOSTAMENTO DEL BLOG - *Nostro malgrado siamo costretti a chiudere questo blog sulla community di libero.it visto che questo spazio è stato chiuso dai gestori senza alcuna ...
14 years ago
Philobiblon

From Ritual to God in the Ancient Near East: Tracing the Origins of Religion - p. 4 “It is from physics, and especially quantum theory, that the need to mobilize all possible means for understanding how things and individuals are enta...
1 year ago
SOCIALIST UNITY

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5 years ago
The ecosocialist

Too many people? A review - Too many people? Population, immigration and the environmental crisis Ian Angus and Simon Butler Haymarket Books, 2011 Available in Australia from Resistan...
14 years ago

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