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The 2014 Glimmerglass Opera Festival, part two
A new take on ‘Madame Butterfly’
Francesca Zambello may well be a model for opera directors in the 21st century. Her direction of Madame Butterfly hints at some of the reasons why.
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'Star Trek' and my own 'Enigma Variations'
Dreams of music
I never dream of music. I’ve heard composers talk of it, and I’ve envied that gift. Because it is a gift if a composition can indeed come to you just like that, like a scene in a movie, in a dream. What I wouldn’t give to have that! But I don’t.
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The 2014 Glimmerglass Opera Festival
Deserted, abused, drowned, abandoned
In the summer, you have to leave Philly to enjoy opera. The Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, New York is a worthwhile destination.
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I was the mother of a teenaged garage band
Ever since Noah was small, I’ve taught him that rock and roll is more than music; it is, as Bruce insinuates, a religion.
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Perseverance Jazz Band in Wallingford
Where did New Orleans jazz go? To Philly!
Traditional New Orleans jazz survives and flourishes some 1,300 miles to the northeast of its birthplace with the Perseverance Jazz Band.
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Covent Garden’s ‘Manon Lescaut’
Tawdry as she goes
Covent Garden’s controversial porno-revival of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut was denounced as tawdry and coarse. Yet it did grip my attention. And it does support the opera’s key emotional point.
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The Lorin Maazel I remember
A conductor who defied easy labels
Most of Lorin Maazel’s obituaries described him as a coldly intellectual and clinical conductor. I saw another side.
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The premiere of 'Gold and Silver' in Helena
Symphony Under the Stars was in this, its 11th year, all Disney movie music and one work called Gold and Silver, a piece they asked me to compose.
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Minas in Media
A touch of Brazil
The "new thing" in Brazilian music is no longer new — but it's still infectiously enjoyable.
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Townes Van Zandt: An appreciation
Townes Van Zandt was all artistry, and if he wasn’t popular, he nonetheless influenced many other musicians who were.
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