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Welcome Purcell Reissues from William Christie
Everything is sung with such clean, clear articulation. You might not even need the libretto. These recordings are as rewarding to listen to today as they were when first released.
Sunday Opera Matinee – “Eugene Onegin” Feb. 05
Ann Shaffer - 30 years of "A Time for Singing"
Ann Shaffer, host of A Time for Singing marked her 30th anniversary as a WTJU volunteer announcer on March 30, 2013.
Books on Music: 9 Top Picks
Rosen's books, of which The Classical Style is the earliest and still perhaps the most distinguished, are not alone in supplying pleasurable reading, not to mention instruction, to every lover of classical music.
Report from Verona
The Festival at the Arena di Verona is one of the great operatic spectacles. Staged in the vast Roman arena in Verona, the stage is probably the world's largest.
The Met's Ring Fails to Satisfy
For those who missed this season's Ring cycle at the Metropolitan Opera, take heart. You didn't miss much.
The Gergiev Phenomonon
I find that the performance has an inner passion that is compelling in its intensity, plus the recording quality is first-rate.
Gisela! in Dresden
Gisela, if for no reason other than its brevity, is unlikely to enter the standard repertoire by itself.
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