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The Birth of a Website
Now that my dream job has come to an end with the final issue of OPERA NEWS, the World Wide Web seems like a wondrous land of opportunity for a person in search of new… Read more
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How Green Was My Valley
I am the last lawnmower on my block. By that I mean not just that I’m the only person left who mows my own lawn, but that I’m always the last on the block to… Read more
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Dreaming of Spring
The theme of spring has inspired countless compositions, some of them as bright and joyful as blossoms and birdsong, some as prone to disillusionment as the average weather forecast. Read more
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Good Friday Spell
The Good Friday paradox is one aspect of Christianity (possibly the only one) that Wagner gets right. Read more
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The Irish Tenor
The sound this honorary Irishman’s soul longs for on St. Patrick’s Day is the inimitable, ineffable, indelible voice of John McCormack. Read more
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Women’s History Month: A Soldier’s Life
Though she lived a hardscrabble existence her whole life long, Sampson is proof positive that women don’t have to be confined to any one lifestyle or identity. Read more
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Women’s History in the Making: Sailing into the Record Books
What better time than Women’s History Month for a woman to make history, as Cole Brauer did when she became the first woman to race a sailboat solo and non-stop around the world? And how… Read more
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And the winner is….
The Academy Awards aren’t really about the movies for me. To begin with, I never manage to see all the pictures that are in the running, so I can’t get fully invested in whether my… Read more
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Black Voices Matter: The Spirituals
Black History Month is over, but my ears are still ringing with the sound of the great Black voices that have enriched our American musical heritage. In researching those voices, I was struck by how… Read more
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La Forza della Davidsen
If you are a lover of the human voice — or even if you’re not yet a lover of the human voice but would like to become one — run, don’t walk, to the Metropolitan… Read more
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Black Voices Matter, Pt. 4: The Lower Echelons
The first black man to sing a leading role on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera was baritone Robert McFerrin. (Yes, folks, he is related to the Bobby McFerrin of “Don’t Worry, Be Happy Fame”… Read more
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I’m Louise, an editor and writer on the arts, with a particular interest in opera. I’m also a foodie, a cat-lover, a lifelong Episcopalian and a proud bleeding-heart liberal. All of those things will no doubt make their way into my blog, which will be dedicated to my random reflections on life.
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