DF Thoughts on the Met Turandot in HD
A few thoughts on today’s Turandot, which I saw via HD transmission… ** For years, I’ve been happy that the Met retained […]
DF Reviews Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Metropolitan Opera in HD)
Bizet’s wonderful early opera gets a surprisingly effective rethinking by director Penny Woolcock, and it’s beautifully sung.
Further Thoughts on Mahler’s Fourth Symphony
Since my first posting on the final movement of the Mahler 4th Symphony, I’ve had a number of good conversations about the piece […]
DF on Record Collecting, Comparative Listening, and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony
Of my many changing identities (child, adult, student, working man) the one that’s lasted longest – and may be the deepest in […]
DF Preview — Arden Theatre Cabaret Series (December 2015)
Cabaret, perhaps our most intimate live art form, gets a new series – and a new venue – courtesy of the Arden Theatre Company.
Tosca with Angela Gheorghiu (Metropolitan Opera, 29 October 2015)
When a critic friend invited me to the Met Tosca, I jumped at the chance. I wanted another opportunity to hear Angela […]
DF Reviews Winterreise with Mark Padmore and Kristian Bezuidenhout (Alice Tully Hall)
I’m a great lover of Schubert, and I’ve attended a number of memorable Lieder recitals. Yet I haven’t been to many live performances of […]
DF Reviews The Children’s Hour (EgoPo Classic Theater)
Dramatist or melodramatist? The jury is still out on Lillian Hellman, whose play, The Children’s Hour, is onstage now at EgoPo, directed […]
DF Reviews La Traviata (Opera Philadelphia)
For more than a century and a half, La Traviata has been one of opera’s enduring favorites, beloved equally by neophytes and […]
DF on Andy: A Popera (Review and Podcast Link)
As arts collaborations go, these seem like strange bedfellows indeed: the Bearded Ladies, Philadelphia’s gender-bending, satiric, outré, and greatly beloved theatre troupe […]
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