Metropolitan Opera production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte designed by Julie Taymor. Really wanted to see Taymor’s puppets, etc., and couldn’t swing a trip to New York, so I saw a High Def “broadcast” (it was a recording, but originally was a live broadcast) at a local theater. One highlight was the interval interview with Kathryn Lewek, who sang the Queen of the Night.
Tosca
Boston Lyric Opera
Haydn 104 and Beethoven 9
Handel and Haydn Society, Masaaki Suzuki conducting
- Symphony No. 104 in D Major by Joseph Haydn
- Symphony No. 9 in D Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
Angels in America: Perestroika
Ásgeir
Ásgeir Trausti performing at the Sinclair.
Back after an absence
Moving hosts a couple of times, other interests, Facebook, yadda yadda. Pondering some changes to my online life, including perhaps a return to documenting things here.
Because of the hosting moves, all previous images are broken until/unless I fix them manually. Some of the structure may be disordered as well until I select a theme.
NESOP links
Fun and handy DSLR simulator
This is a very cool way to see the effects of aperture, shutter speed, ISO, distance from subject, and focal length!
A Boy Is Born
The Tallis Scholars, Boston Early Music Festival, St Paul’s Church, Cambridge. December 12, 2015.
Music by John Sheppard, Thomas Tallis, and Arvo Pärt. The Seven Antiphons were bracing. The singers’ voices were crystalline, and the venue seemed to vibrate with the sound.
Handel’s Messiah with period instruments, countertenor
Boston Baroque, Jordan Hall. December 11, 2015
I decided to attend this performance because there was a single seat available in the center of the first row, and because the alto soloist was a countertenor. Both turned out to be great reasons!
The soloists were Jeanine De Bique, soprano; Christopher Lowrey, countertenor; Thomas Cooley, tenor; and Dashon Burton, bass-baritone. Both Lowrey and Burton were magnificent. Lowrey’s ornamentation was especially fluid.
