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One generation's heartthrob is another generation's joke.

Perry Como, forgotten man

Where have you gone, Perry Como?

Perry Como was America's Number One pop vocalist for more than a decade, but his fame never impressed him. His hometown has moved on as well, as I discovered on a recent visit.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
Daniel Bernard Roumain got his break as Lady Gaga's backup.

Classical music, dead or alive: A debate

He sees the present, I see the future

After 40 years of representing Classical musicians, my agent is giving up. He offers an impressive list of reasons why serious music is doomed. But where he sees disaster, I see opportunity— especially if Classical musicians are genuinely creative.
Maria Thompson Corley

Maria Thompson Corley

Articles 6 minute read
McDonald, Lewis: Crooning, belting and floating.

"Porgy and Bess' on Broadway

Whose Porgy is it, anyway?

Tinker with Gershwin's Porgy and Bess? Why not? Producers have been doing it for 75 years, beginning with the composer himself.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 5 minute read
Krantz: For one evening, the spotlight.

Allen Krantz at Laurel Hill

A lucky accident

Accidentally forced to give a rare solo program, the guitarist-composer Allen Krantz demonstrated his skills as a teacher and speaker.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 3 minute read

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Background music for wining and dining? (Photo of Tempesta by Bill Cramer.)

Tempesta di Mare at the Barnes

What would Albert Barnes say? Better ask: What would Vivaldi say?

Tempesta di Mare's first appearance at the Barnes triggered ruminations on concert settings, amplification and, of course, the wisdom of moving the Barnes itself.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 3 minute read
Levine: Sorely missed.

Met's "Tales of Hoffman' in HD-Live (3 years later)

What a difference three years make

Seeing the Met's 2009 Tales of Hoffman, I'm struck by the exceptional changes that three years have wrought. Since then, James Levine is gone, Anna Netrebko has declined, and other companies have done more justice to Offenbach's work.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
Can you tell the Jews from the Arabs?

Atzilut: Jews and Arabs at Bryn Mawr

A musical solution for the Middle East

How to prevent Jews and Arabs from fighting? Get them to start singing.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 2 minute read
Abbado: Free-lancers yes, unions no.

"Music As Alchemy': Inside the great conductors

The work behind the wand (from both sides of the podium)

How do conductors elicit great sounds from their musicians? In Music As Alchemy, Tom Service follows six prominent conductors as they pursue their arcane trade. Who knew that Claudio Abbado steadfastly avoids unionized orchestras?
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 4 minute read
Will better technology produce better music?

Can computers replace composers?

With Darwin and a computer, who needs Mozart?

When Beethoven was a little baby/ Sittin' on his daddy's knee,/ He picked up an iPhone, little CD-ROM,/ Said, “Computer's gonna be the death of me, Lawd, Lawd”¦.”
Kile Smith

Kile Smith

Articles 6 minute read
Albert: Are opera houses really necessary?

Can black opera save Classical music?

Beyond Leontyne Price: For whom the black operatic bell tolls

Exciting and innovative black operas are struggling because white audiences tend to avoid them. But all classical music groups are struggling because white audiences tend to avoid them. Is there a common cause here? And might there be a solution to both problems?
Maria Thompson Corley

Maria Thompson Corley

Articles 4 minute read