General Ramblings

Upcoming: Cape May Summer Club Concerts (August 2014)

Most of my life is spent in academia and theatre, two worlds that in most ways aren’t much alike, yet they share […]

Another week, some more summer listening — in this case, two recordings that I’ve owned for years, and revisiting them made me very happy… so […]

This is a post I’d rather not write, but it was inevitable. Elaine Stritch has died. Though I can’t presume to speak […]

On Sunday, the great tenor Carlo Bergonzi turned 90. I’m a day late to the party, but I spent quite a bit […]

Last week, a Talk of the Town column in The New Yorker reported on a masterclass given by Stephen Sondheim, during which […]

If you’re an opera fan (and perhaps even if you’re not), you may be aware of a dust-up that occurred in May, […]

They’re in their early 20s, they’re hot commodities, and they’re out to fix the movie business. New York Magazine’s current (2 June) […]

In the summer of 1974, I first heard Frederica Von Stade — Flicka, as she’s widely known — and it was an […]

I love going to the theater. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t be in this business. Whether as a critic or a civilian […]

Two months ago, I watched the first episode of Looking, then I left it alone, and only recently came back recently to […]