A Night at the Opera….Simulcast
Seattle did a cool thing last Saturday night; it simulcast the opening night of Madama Butterfly–for free–in Key Arena. If …
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Conductor Movies
On Twitter yesterday, I had a lot of fun making up titles for conductor movies, so I thought I’d share them with you here (in the order I posted them in):
The Soundtrack of My Life
I listen to music, even when I’m not. I don’t need an iPod, since my brain randomly generates music in my head whenever I’m walking somewhere. It’s usually a snippet of classical music that’s playing, but sometimes it can be a pop song that I’ve heard, or own. Whatever it is, it’s something I’ve listened to enough times that my brain can repeat several seconds of the song note for note in my head.
In Search of Beethoven’s Sixth
Things get broken during moves. It’s inevitable, like rain in Seattle. Sooner or later, it’ll happen. I’ve been lucky in …
Schubert, Solti, and the Critics
I originally wrote this really long post on David Hurwitz and his criticisms of classic classical recordings. I meant for it …
