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A Venezuela-born Italian bass is rising to great heights

        Since his 2001 professional debut, Luca Pisaroni has made headlines […]

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Thu Oct 22, 2009
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Vickers’ Moor revisited and Domingo’s “Otello” farewell

 With DVD, Otello finally has the right medium to appreciate Verdi’s […]

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Sun Aug 23, 2009
at 5:20 pm
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Met’s fascinating documentary wins “The Audition”

A valuable group of films documenting the backstage of classical music […]

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Thu Apr 16, 2009
at 12:31 pm
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A Daring Turn of the “Ring”

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen  (“The Copenhagen Ring”) Decca 0743264 (7- DVD […]

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Fri Apr 03, 2009
at 1:12 pm
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A time for Butterflys

At the movies, the recent live transmission of Madama Butterfly from the […]

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Wed Mar 18, 2009
at 9:46 am
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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson—an artist for the ages, remembered at Ravinia

   Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was a rara avis, not the promotional […]

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Sun Mar 08, 2009
at 10:30 am
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A big box for an exquisite vox

  Remember Caballé? Remember the LP? If you don’t, now is […]

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Tue Aug 26, 2008
at 5:55 pm
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