May 2013
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April 2013
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WatchPop Culture Opera Moments
Donna Meagle gets her Lakmé on at Leslie’s Wedding on “Parks & Recreation”
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“Your best singing will happen a grand total of seven days in your lifetime, and...”
– Renée Fleming
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March 2013
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WatchAnd this is not great. In fact, it’s pretty bizarre. What a weird choice! Doing a lap around the stage before collapsing. I get where she’s going with it, but it’s campy, a bit silly and very insincere.
Disclaimer:To all the users who are about to send me anonymous insults, calling me nasty names and suggesting that I die for criticizing Renne Fleming, I need to mention that I...
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WatchThis wonderful! When she’s good, she’s good! I don’t care what people say about her. Her performance in “Der Rosenkavalier” was one of the most magical nights at the opera I’ve ever had.
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WatchMy favorite part of “Ann Nicole: The Opera” which, by the way, is one f%$#ing awesome opera. I know some operagoers were incensed or turned off by the subject matter, but opera has a long history of trashy dizzy dames. For god sakes, has anyone heard of “Lulu” or “Manon?” And, if something artful and intelligent like this opera attracts loads of people (tickets...
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WatchAnother classic scene from “Valley of the Dolls”
I wish I had a mother who was kind enough to remind me to do my bust exercises every night! I also find it odd that my mother doesn’t borrow $50 from me every week. She’s also never told me that all I have is a body. I’m practically abused if you think about it…
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WatchHow the hell does she produce that glorious note when she sings, “Da drin ist die silberne Ros’n?” She’s wonderful in this part.
February 2013
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WatchOh Natalie! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Regardless of what one thinks of her, she is an important presence in opera today. I’m so grateful for her. Opera would be SO BORING without this chick!!!
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Opera Doppelgängers
Audra McDonald & Soledad O’Brien
Juan Diego Florez & Sacha Baron Cohen
Rolando Villazon & Mr. Bean
Marina Poplavskaya & Meryl Streep
Anna Netrebko & Salma Hayek
Natalie Dessay & Rachel Dratch
Deborah Voigt & Nancy Grace
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Pass the Midol...it’s award season.
Yes, here we are again, that special time of year when Hollywood pats itself on the back for being…well…actually I don’t know. But award season is upon us, and we must all come to terms with that. Grab a fistful of Valium, hunker down and pray for daylight.
Every year I tell myself, “This is the last time I watch the Golden Globes and the Oscars.” Yet, every year, I come running...
January 2013
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More "misérables" than I anticipated
Somewhere, buried deep inside the bloated, stultifying film adaptation of Les Misérables, is a story of oppression, suffering and salvation. If you can find it, kudos to you because I sure couldn’t.
Cameron Mackintosh’s juggernaut of a mega-musical is now wearing concrete shoes, weighed down by inept direction, literal-mindedness and bad acting. When it’s good, it’s...
December 2012
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November 2012
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October 2012
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September 2012
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Music Conservatory
As a tireless advocate for th arts, I feel it is incumbent upon me to both encourage and help young singers as they prepare to attend conservatory.
As everyone knows, in order to be a great singer, one absolutely must attend a major conservatory; preferably in New York or Dallas Fort Worth, the two booming opera capitals of the world.
I’ve found a fantastic video on YouTube, which I think...
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goofin:
This is for Jess
“Summertime” by George...