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Alan's Poppies and Sage, photographed by Paul Cabanis, Spring 2010.
Author Archives: Alan Rich
It Took a Weill
One hundred years after his birth, 50 years after his death, Kurt Weill can finally be measured. Against all the news about the abandonment of serious music by the giants of the recording industry, EMI Classics has produced the first-ever … Continue reading
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Good, Bad, Beautiful, Ugly, Etc.
There was chamber music in town last week, the wrong pieces beautifully played. On Wednesday, three delightfully earnest and talented young musicians from overseas — the violinist Christian Tetzlaff, his younger sister the cellist Tanja, and the pianist Leif Ove … Continue reading
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Legalized Violence
A gap of 166 years separates the C-minor Piano Concerto of Mozart (K. 491) from the Piano Sonata of Jean Barraqué, but they share at least this: the ability to wreak sheer violence upon an audience, to numb the ears … Continue reading
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Phantoms of the Opera
Will American opera audiences ever see the Light? I wouldn‘t count on it, not while the Mmes. Butterfly and Tosca fatten their lead in the audience polls, on Momma Domingo’s cooking. The Light I refer to is the collective title … Continue reading
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Mom Domingo Gets It Wrong
I have seen the operatic future — part of it, anyhow — and it makes me nervous. I view the L.A. Opera under the Domingo dynasty as a grandiose mom ‘n’ pop operation. Pop Placido nurses his aging voice, transposing … Continue reading
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CARLISLE FLOYD'S "COLD SASSY TREE"
(Premiere: Houston Grand Opera, Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center, April 14, 2000. Future performances: April 16 (m), 19, 22, 25,28, 30 (m), May 6.) Life goes on, and so does Carlisle Floyd. “Cold Sassy Tree,” which brought a clearly delighted … Continue reading
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“LA RONDINE” REVIEW
Times were, when a serious opera was considered properly staged when the time-and-place coincided with the libretto’s stipulation, and the words and music coincided with the composer’s final view of the work. Consider, now, these three productions by the Los … Continue reading
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Fiddlers Free
In common regard, the violin concertos — even the last three, which are the most often played — are a violinist‘s throwaway pieces, the easy music at the start of the program before getting down to serious stuff. Last week, … Continue reading
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Bach and Forth
In another 75 years I might — just might — run out of things to say about Johann Sebastian Bach. Then again, I might not. The evidence is at hand that the Bach of 75 years ago — the Bach, … Continue reading
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On My Mind, In My Face
It is quite possible that I was the only unhappy soul, among 3,000 or so ecstatic well-wishers, who failed to recognize the San Francisco Symphony’s recent appearance at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion – a.k.a. The MTT Homecoming – as a … Continue reading
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