johnrpierce.com Blog http://johnrpierce.com/blog Weblog Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:22:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 February 8, 2010 http://johnrpierce.com/blog/2010/02/08/february-8-2010/ http://johnrpierce.com/blog/2010/02/08/february-8-2010/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:44:32 +0000 Administrator http://johnrpierce.com/blog/?p=227 Jessye Norman is Partnership for the Homeless National Spokesperson, reports the New York Social Diary.

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Sarah Fox, soprano, Simon Keenlyside, baritone
Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Lorin Maazel
Mahler Rückert-Lieder
Mahler Symphony 4

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Lucia di Lammermoor: English National Opera, 4th February 2010, reviewed by Anthony Lias, Opera Britannia, 4 stars

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Poor sales push music company EMI to heavy loss

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Pretty Woman, 20 years on

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Sunday March 13, 2011, at 5 p.m.

Simon Keenlyside, baritone

Emanuel Ax, piano

All Schubert program

Selected songs

Sonata in A minor, D. 845

Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York

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Fabio Luisi kündigt in Dresden

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Alan Gilbert, clair, équilibré et… ennuyeux à la tête du New York Philharmonic–Le Monde

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Kirchschlager/Keenlyside at the Wigmore Hall, reviewed by Geoff Brown, The Times, 3 stars

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Houston Grand Opera 2010/11 season

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Louise Pitre, Helen Sjoholm, Russell Watson, et al. to Star in Royal Albert Hall Production of Kristina

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Barbican Hall, London

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande

Orchestre de Paris
Louis Langrée, conductor
Natalie Dessay, Mélisande
Simon Keenlyside, Pelléas
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Geneviève
Laurent Naouri, Golaud
Alain Vernhes, Arkel
Khatouna Gadelia, Yniold
Nahuel Di Pierro, Doctor

Concert performance

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Review of The Tempest at Oper Frankfurt, Hugh Canning, The Times

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Some updates have been made to the Met Futures page.

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The Canadian Opera Company has announced their 2010-2011 season.

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Charles Anthony is making his last appearance at the Metropolitan Opera.

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Joyce DiDonato at Wigmore Hall, review, by Rupert Christiansen, telegraph.co.uk, 4 stars

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Katherine Jenkins receives ‘opera backlash’ over new show

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