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Manon MetHD Review – Another Winner for Anna Netrebko

Posted on April 20, 2012 by philip

Manon is an opera that grows on me.  I like it and appreciate it more every time I see it.  I’m sure I saw it in the years before I started writing opera reviews, but if I did, it did not make a lasting impression.  Continue reading »

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Manon – A “Dinner with Donald” Event

Posted on April 17, 2011 by philip

Manon is not my favorite opera. A statement that is praising with faint damns, since I like almost all opera. Continue reading »

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Werther – Beautiful Franco-German Gloom

Posted on September 24, 2010 by philip

There are many points of similarity between Werther which I saw last night and Anna Karenina which I saw last week.  Continue reading »

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Thais

Posted on January 8, 2009 by philip

December 20, 2008
All I can honestly say about seeing Thais yesterday is that 9:00 AM is definitely too early in the day to appreciate an opera. Since that information doesn’t really seem to warrant sending an email, I’ll put this aside until after I see the Encore performance at 7:00 PM on January 7.

January 8, 2009
I saw it and it was excellent. Continue reading »

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