Music
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Opera Philadelphia's 'Coffin in Egypt'
Von Stade nails 'A Coffin in Egypt'
A new one-act opera, with a distinctive American flavor, showcases the vocal and dramatic talents of an American opera superstar.
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Why I ruined my life for music
The only way to play music is as a child, that is, for the sheer joy of it.
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Dolce Suono finishes its 2013-2014 season
The art of happiness
Dolce Suono ends its season with two concerts that offer weight and depth without dwelling on the pains of life.
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Composing shortcuts
How do you write down an idea that can't be put into words?
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On playing the music of dead white males
I perform music by living composers on an ongoing basis, but I'd be very sad if I had to completely give up the dead ones.
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Three things I learned from Verdi
Whatever we believe the function of art to be, it can’t fulfill it until it entertains us.
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Piffaro at Eastern State Penitentiary
The Tudors drop in at Eastern State
Piffaro brought the ghosts of Newgate and the Tower of London to Eastern State Penitentiary — a timeless setting with acoustics that brought out the best in Piffaro’s instruments.
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Orchestra 2001: Four Views of Nature and Religion
Gunfire and birdsong
Orchestra 2001 presents a star-studded program with a valedictory look at its past.
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Opera Philadelphia's 'Don Giovanni'
The Wilt Chamberlain of the 18th century
Nicholas Muni’s new production shows how you can reinvent a classic, Don Giovanni, without changing its period or distorting its story.
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Strauss’s ‘Salome’ in concert (2nd review)
May I have this dance?
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s subscription concert season concluded with a lavish, semi-staged version of Richard Strauss’s Salome, mounted in collaboration with the Opera Company of Philadelphia. The two chief principals met the vocal and acoustic demands of the production triumphantly, but the Orchestra itself, led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, was the real star of the proceedings.
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