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		<title>Samuel Barber: Un nostalgique entre deux mondes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pierre Br&#233;vignon has written a book in French about the American composer Samuel Barber, Samuel Barber: Un nostalgique entre deux mondes. Pierre Br&#233;vignon a interview&#233; des chanteurs qui ont particuli&#232;rement d&#233;fendu Barber au disque (Gerald Finley, Roberta Alexander, Barbara Hendricks…) mais aussi ceux qui ont eu le privil&#232;ge de cr&#233;er ses œuvres, comme Martina Arroyo, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnrpierce.com/blog/2012/02/13/samuel-barber-un-nostalgique-entre-deux-mondes/</link>
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		<title>January 31, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;November brings the Philharmonia Orchestra and its acclaimed conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen to Avery Fisher Hall. On November 18, Maestro Salonen leads the orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 9. November 19 is a concert performance of Berg’s searing tragic opera Wozzeck. English baritone Simon Keenlyside sings the title role. The role of Marie, his wife, will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnrpierce.com/blog/2012/01/31/january-31-2012/</link>
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		<title>January 26, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because of illness, Simon Keenlyside will be replaced by Lucas Meachem in upcoming performances of Le nozze di Figaro, the Royal Opera House has announced.]]></description>
		<link>http://johnrpierce.com/blog/2012/01/26/january-26-2012/</link>
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		<title>Verdi&#8217;s Macbeth on DVD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Royal Opera&#8217;s production of Verdi&#8217;s Macbeth will be released on DVD on 31 January 2012 in the United Kingdom and on 8 February in France. No word yet that I am aware of as to American release. COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi TITLE: Macbeth TRACKS: Extra features: Cast gallery / Interviews with Simon Keenlyside / Raymond [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnrpierce.com/blog/2012/01/20/verdis-macbeth-on-dvd/</link>
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		<title>January 15, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Clash hastened Opera Boston’s demise]]></description>
		<link>http://johnrpierce.com/blog/2012/01/15/january-15-2012/</link>
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		<title>January 13, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leading mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly is used to defying expectations, writes Andrew Clark]]></description>
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		<title>January 6, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I attended a performance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra this afternoon at Symphony Hall in Boston. PROGRAM: Friday January 6, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. HAYDN: Symphony no. 88 in G TURNAGE: &#8220;From the Wreckage,&#8221; Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra H&#229;kan Hardenberger, trumpet &#8211;Intermission&#8211; STRAUSS: &#8220;Also sprach Zarathustra,&#8221; Tone Poem for Large Orchestra, Opus 30 Marco [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnrpierce.com/blog/2012/01/06/january-6-2012/</link>
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		<title>January 4, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Simon Keenlyside is reported to be sick, and will be replaced by Leo Nucci in three performances of Verdi&#8217;s Un Ballo in Maschera at the Vienna State Opera this month. Keenlyside was to have made his role debut as Ankarstr&#246;m. &#8220;Eine doppelte Besetzungs&#228;nderung gibt es f&#252;r die anstehenden Termine von Guiseppe [sic] Verdis &#8216;Un ballo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnrpierce.com/blog/2012/01/04/january-4-2012/</link>
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		<title>January 2, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chandos is releasing on compact disc a recording of a 1981 performance by the English National Opera of Debussy&#8217;s Pell&#233;as and M&#233;lisande in English. Release date is today January 2, 2012, at amazon.co.uk and later in the month, January 31, 2012, at amazon.com. &#8220;This live BBC broadcast of Claude Debussy&apos;s ground-breaking opera Pell&#233;as and M&#233;lisande [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnrpierce.com/blog/2012/01/02/january-2-2012/</link>
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		<title>December 31, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anna Netrebko out of Covent Garden Traviata &#8212;]]></description>
		<link>http://johnrpierce.com/blog/2011/12/31/december-31-2011/</link>
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