Today is the release date of a new biography of Samuel Ramey. It is “temporarily out of stock” at amazon.com at the moment.
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Gerald Finley: Wigmore Hall, 14th May 2010, reviewed by Sebastian Petit, 4.5 stars, Opera Britannia
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Discussion at amazon.com
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The cast recording CD of the Broadway revival of Promises, Promises with Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth is scheduled for release on June 22, 2010, says amazon.com.
Erwin Schrott says that his next CD will be made with a tango ensemble that he has assembled in New York, reports The Independent.
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Nicolas Rivenq as Don Alfonso, Miah Persson as Fiordiligi and Anke Vondung as Dorabella sing the trio ‘Soave sia il vento’ in the 2006 Glyndebourne Festival Production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte.
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Nathan Gunn talks about The Magic Flute, musical theatre, and future plans
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I went to the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association in Cambridge this afternoon. David Souter, retired Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, delivered an address. It wasn’t terribly interesting. I won’t venture to summarize because I wasn’t always paying careful attention, but it was about the principles the justices use in deciding questions of constitutional law. Somewhat didactic. I didn’t think he adequately explained the differences in the legal thinking that supported Plessy v. Ferguson (19th century case that said “separate but equal” was OK for different races on trains) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954 case that said “separate but equal” was not OK for public schools). But then maybe I wasn’t paying careful attention.
Watch Schubert: “Ständchen” (“Serenade”) on Plushmusic
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Coming restaurant at Lincoln Center not yet named
When I posted on Wednesday about the forthcoming CD of Gerald Finley singing Britten’s Songs & Proverbs of William Blake little did I suspect that a verse of “The Tyger” would figure so significantly in the season’s final episode of The Mentalist shown on TV last night. All the more reason now to look forward to the release of Finley’s recording.
In the meantime “The Tyger” is track number 8 on an MP3 album of Britten’s Songs & Proverbs of William Blake sung by Kevin McMillan.
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, and what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? and what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And water’d heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
Amazon.com is accepting orders for the second season of The Mentalist on DVD, although the release date has not yet been announced.
In addition to being a poet, William Blake was also a visual artist. Among his works was “A Brace of Partridge.” Is that fact relevant in some way to the character Brett Partridge on The Mentalist? I think he’s the character most likely to turn out to be Red John.
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Billy Budd at Glyndebourne Festival, review
Rupert Christiansen was enthralled beyond his wildest hopes by this stupendous achievement. 5 stars.
telegraph.co.uk
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Teatro alla Scala, 2010-2011 season
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“The weather cooperated with the opening of some key public spaces at Lincoln Center today . . ..”–ny.curbed.com
“When Billy Budd opens Glyndebourne’s season . . . it will bring the curtain down on an old feud, says Lynne Walker,” The Independent
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Amazon.com has launched a new “3D 101 site,” to include:
A large selection of 3D products spanning multiple categories (HDTVs, Blu-ray players, monitors, movies, and more).
Educational videos that help customers easily understand what 3D is and how it works.
Buying guides aimed at helping customers find everything they need to create the best 3D experience at home.
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Tosca, at English National Opera, reviewed by Barry Millington, 4 stars, London Evening Standard
Tosca, English National Opera, reviewed by Igor Toronyi-Lalic, the arts desk
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Gerald Finley & Julius Drake, Wigmore Hall, London, reviewed by Martin Kettle, 4 stars, guardian.co.uk
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Glyndebourne announces 2011 operas, The Arts Desk
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Upcoming new release:
Britten: Songs & Proverbs of William Blake Gerald Finley, baritone, and Julius Drake, piano
amazon.com, release date 8 June 2010
amazon.co.uk, release date 1 June 2010
amazon.fr, release date 17 June 2010
amazon.de, release date 1 June 2010
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