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I’m Already Getting Excited About Sondra Radvanovsky

Friday, June 4, 2010

I recently spent some time getting more familiar with the COC’s upcoming season. When it was first announced several months ago, I was most excited about the prospect of seeing Nixon in China and Ariadne auf Naxos. Upon doing some more digging, however, Aida is now in the running for my “most anticipated” list – [...]

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Other Opinions of Holländer

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Though Heather and I enjoyed Friday night’s performance of Der fliegende Holländer at the Met, the other critics (at least, the two I could find) were not terribly enamoured. Here are some other reviews: The New York Times: “…except for the singing of Deborah Voigt, who brought steely power and lyrical elegance to her first [...]

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Heather and Cecily review Der fliegende Holländer!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

On Friday evening, ATC’s New York correspondent and I enjoyed opening night of the Met’s Der fliegende Holländer, starring Deborah Voigt. We’ve decided to review it jointly, as a back-and-forth dialogue between us. Neither of us had seen Hollander before, and we loved talking about it as a work as well as about this specific [...]

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NYC Opera Vacation – Deborah's Dutchman

Thursday, April 22, 2010

If all goes well, tomorrow night I’ll be attending the opening of the Metropolitan Opera’s Der Fliegende Holländer, in New York, starring the renowned Deborah Voigt as Senta. This is a bit of a consolation prize for my aborted trip to Berlin. A million things could go wrong between now and then (including most likely [...]

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