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Wilma Lipp – 26 April 1925-26 January 2019: An appreciation by Alexander Campbell
For much of her career Wilma Lipp exemplified a particular type of light- and bright-voiced soprano equally at home in classical opera but also in the operetta tradition of her…
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Metropolitan Opera Live HD Broadcasts 2018-19: Bizet’s Carmen [Showing on February 2]
The Classical Source once again brings you a handy guide to all ten of the Metropolitan Opera productions included in this season’s international broadcast series. #7: Carmen Who wrote it?…
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Theo Adam – 1 August 1926-10 January 2019: An appreciation by Alexander Campbell
Published 14 January 2019 Theo (Theodore) Adam was a bass singer best known for his operatic performances in the works of Richard Wagner, but also as an accomplished oratorio participant….
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John Joubert: A composer for today and tomorrow – An appreciation by Kenneth Woods
Published 10 January 2019 When John Joubert passed away this week (on January 7) at the age of ninety-one, he left behind a vast body of work, reaching to nearly…
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Leonard Bernstein 100 – The Masters Photograph the Maestro [book review]
Leonard Bernstein 100 The Masters Photograph the Maestro Steve Sherman with Jamie Bernstein ISBN 978-1-57687-893-4 PowerHouse Books Click here to buy from Amazon This handsome tome is a photographic tribute…
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Metropolitan Opera Live HD Broadcasts 2018-19: Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur [Showing on January 12]
The Classical Source once again brings you a handy guide to all ten of the Metropolitan Opera productions included in this season’s international broadcast series. #6: Adriana Lecouvreur Who wrote…
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Eloquence Goes Dutch – Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum, Edo de Waart, with guest appearances from Eugen Jochum, London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Géza Anda
This is not the piece I wrote originally. What you are reading is, by necessity, a re-write; nearly finished, there came a day when the first version was not findable…
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Countdown to Christmas (Boxes) and into 2019… – 3: José Serebrier conducts Glazunov, Complete Symphonies & Concertos [Warner Classics]
A box set of music is not just for Christmas (but makes a great gift), and the best is for Life. José Serebrier conducting Glazunov’s Symphonies & Concertos continues this…
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Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite, by Roger Daltrey [book review]
Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite Roger Daltrey ISBN 9781788700283 Blink Publishing Click to buy from Amazon I thought the name seemed familiar when I saw the cover of Roger Daltrey’s…
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Metropolitan Opera Live HD Broadcasts 2018-19: Verdi’s La traviata [Showing on December 15]
The Classical Source once again brings you a handy guide to all ten of the Metropolitan Opera productions included in this season’s international broadcast series. #5: La traviata Who wrote…