If you were listening to Saturday’s Opera House after Evans Mirageas previewed the Cincinnati Opera’s upcoming production of Ainadamar you heard part of a song in Italian. Can you “Name That Tune” and the Opera?

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This Saturday  we begin the 7 week LAOpera 2008-2009 season with Puccini’s three one act operas that make up Il Trittico - Il tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi.

Following the operas the Artistic Director of Cincinnati Opera Evans Mirageas will preview[more...]

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I am repeatedly reminded of how many opera lovers there are in our listening area. At the Clark Haines luncheon on Thursday, my table mates and I spent a wonderful time talking about classical music and to my delight, all[more...]

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Classical 88 one’s Opera Mavens return to the air on March 21st at 9:00am as part of Campaign 2009.
This year it’s the Battle of the Voices. Each of the Mavens will try to convince you that their favorite singer (soprano[more...]

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Earlier this week my Significant Other Marianne asked me for a definition of “Classical Music”. I fumbled and stumbled through an attempt but at the end I looked at her and got the feeling that she thought I was not[more...]

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