Archive for April, 2009
A Daring Turn of the “Ring”
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (“The Copenhagen Ring”) Decca 0743264 (7- DVD set)
Half a century ago the first studio recording of Wagner’s Der Ring…
Fri Apr 03, 2009
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Amici Quartet surmounts Beethoven’s complexity
Somewhere in space, about eight billion miles from Earth, are two gold-plated records, which include Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130. NASA put…
Fri Apr 03, 2009
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April Concert Calendar
April 25
Florida Grand Opera: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
Shu-Ying Li, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Katharine Goeldner, Jake Gardner; Stewart Robertson, conductor
7 p.m. Arsht Center/Ziff…
Thu Apr 02, 2009
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Fidel goes to the opera
Opera has always seized upon controversy, strong emotions, unbridled passion, and Grand Guignol. Berg’s Lulu, for example, introduces Jack the Ripper as one of its characters, Turandot has her…
Thu Apr 02, 2009
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