Monday, February 28, 2011

THREE QUESTIONS: Crystal Manich

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Anthony Roth Costanzo takes readers into the world of rehearsing an opera , BLO's upcoming Agrippina . This is the first in ...
Friday, February 25, 2011

Backstage with Anthony Roth Costanzo

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Anthony Roth Costanzo Hear from countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo , featured in BLO's upcoming production of Agrippina (as Ott...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Comedy & Irony: 'Agrippina'

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Caroline Worra Let's take a look at the BLO's upcoming production, Handel's Agrippina . The libretto, by Cardinal Vincenz...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Check your expectations at the door.

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The show had closed, I was still reeling in my seat, and finally the lights went back up. As my friend and I started packing to leave...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

Hello! Hello!

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If you missed The Emperor of Atlantis, or Death Quits , I am truly sorry for you.   Allow me to make you feel worse via this review. ...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Welcome to our performance

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“Welcome to our performance. Our venue is under repair. We apologize for any inconvenience.” The venue was like Disney World, like a creepy...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

See and be seen!

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See and be seen with The BLO Bunch - Stuff Magazine published pics from our fabulous after-party at 28 Degrees - don't miss the next e...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

'The Emperor of Atlantis' - Confusing. Intriguing. Ullmann

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On Wednesday, February 2, I had the opportunity to see The Emperor of Atlantis by Viktor Ullmann in the Boston Lyric Opera’s latest produ...
Monday, February 14, 2011

'Atlantis' tells a modern musical tale

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Brandeis Justice staff writer, Sujin Shin, attend the 2/2 performance of The Emperor Atlantis, or Death Quits and shares her review! ...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

The BLO Bunch hits the hot-spots

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Stuff Magazine featured The BLO Bunch after party following the 2/2 performance of BLO's The Emperor of Atlantis, or Death Quits ! ...
Friday, February 11, 2011

What is this experience?

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Walls covered with plastic tarp, personnel with freakishly robotic friendliness greeting you with lines of "What is your name?"...
Thursday, February 10, 2011

The Emperor of Atlantis: reviewed

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The Emperor of Atlantis has a truly amazing history--we’ve been talking about it on this very blog. The piece was written in a Nazi concen...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011

After the production closes

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On Wednesday night February 2, 2011 BLO bunch gathered once again to see Boston Lyric Opera’s presentation of The Emperor of Atlantis...
Friday, February 4, 2011

Backstage with John Mac Master - That's a wrap!

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It all comes together! Well friends, if you’ve been following these posts, you’ve travelled along this journey from our arrival in snow...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

In Terezin, Where 'The Emperor Atlantis, or Death Quits' was Imagined.

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In Terezin, a city northwest of Prague, a sort of "paradise ghetto" was promised to Czech and other European Jews. Most of the...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Opera: Where Did It All Begin?

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In anticipation of BLO's upcoming production, I started to think about Opera as a genre of music. Then I wondered if opera was always ...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Opera Anywhere?

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As Karen, the fearless leader behind The BLO Bunch explained to me, the idea for BLO’s Opera Annex programming is “to produce an opera no...
Monday, January 31, 2011

Viktor Ullmann - Der Kaiser von Atlantis

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A man of great compositional and philosophical genius, Viktor Ullmann was murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau during the Holocaust in 1944.  Hi...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

Backstage with John Mac Master (Part 6)

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I want to introduce one of the other performers, Jamie Van Eyck, mezzo-soprano, who has performed all over the United States, as well a...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

An opera written in a Prison Camp? Sounds bleak!

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What is the appeal of The Emperor of Atlantis, or Death Quits ? Why perform it, why go to see it? The first thing that most of us h...