Author Archives: sogalitno

From my backyard … That was at 1 pm… it hit 100 at 4 pm. at least the humidity went down a bit from the 80% it was at 6 am this morning (yes I was up and watering all … Continue reading →

A ‘Ring’ at Bayreuth, as Beauty Shines Through Newness By ANTHONY TOMMASINIPublished: August 2, 2006 BAYREUTH, Germany, Aug. 1 — During the curtain calls for any new production here at the Bayreuth Festival, it is practically a tradition for the … Continue reading →

Wednesday Special (begins noon eastern, 9 am Pacific; repeat Saturday noon and Tuesday 6 pm eastern, 3 pm Pacific )–By popular demand, a repeat of last fall’s performance from WFMT & the EBU of Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes –and the … Continue reading →

Music A Little-Known Opera That Was Fit for a Prince By BERNARD HOLLAND Occasional beauties amid the madness, mayhem and true love of Haydn’s “Orlando Paladino.”

Opera Review  Schumann’s Only Completed Opera in a Year of Liszt By BERNARD HOLLAND At Bard College’s production of “Genoveva” onlookers can comfortably wrap themselves in urgent, lyrical and, yes, theatrical music while accepting the opera’s frailties with a minimum … Continue reading →

More small and fuzzy photos, this time from the 2006 Bayreuther Festspiele Tankred Dorst production of Götterdämmerung, and I’m becoming just a bit suspicious vis-à-vis the Eurotrash question. We non-German-speakers who can’t read the German press’ descriptions of the production … Continue reading →

This is a daily journal while he attends – he says his review will be after Monday’s Gottermdamerung Anthony Tommasini at the Bayreuth Music Festival

ARTS / DANCE   |  July 30, 2006Dancers Learn to Get By on Aspirin, Coffee and GritBy BLAIR TINDALL (NYT) Dancers face the pain of performing without the illegal boosts that some athletes use.

Review by MEGAN MARSHALLPublished: July 30, 2006 ORCHESTRAS, opera companies, chamber groups and solo pianists have been celebrating Mozart’s 250th birthday all year, but surprisingly few writers have aimed to capitalize on the surge of interest in the composer considered … Continue reading →

and now WALKUERE…. Sounds & Fury: Will Wonders Never Cease: 2006 Bayreuth Die Walküre.