Writings by Topic: Review
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Articles |
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| Drypoint to Technicolor |
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December 9, 2022 |
| Same zeitgeist, other revelations |
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November 21, 2022 |
| Ingo Metzmacher leads Franz Schmidt's "Buch Mit Sieben Siegeln" |
Classical Voice North America |
November 19, 2022 |
| Salome twice over, Mahler and Verdi in Vienna |
Classical Voice North America |
November 10, 2022 |
| Celebrating Beethoven, late but gloriously, In the Norwegian countryside |
Classical Voice North America |
August 10, 2022 |
| Back Into the Woods |
Classical Voice North America |
August 1, 2022 |
| The Amahl file |
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December 23, 2021 |
| A banner year of armchair opera, three banner weeks with Michael Spyres |
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December 20, 2021 |
| At the Met, "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"; in Brussels, "The Time Of Our Singing" |
Air Mail |
November 2, 2021 |
| The fine print: everything else we heard on our last two episodes of "Catch of the Day" |
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June 16, 2021 |
| Three times 88 keys |
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June 14, 2021 |
| Ready for take-off: Randall Goosby |
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June 11, 2021 |
| The Book of Job according to Mr. Beethoven |
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May 21, 2021 |
| Catch of the Day salutes Christa Ludwig |
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May 14, 2021 |
| April's last Catch: Brush up your Shakespeare |
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May 1, 2021 |
| April's last Catch: the series continues |
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May 1, 2021 |
| April's last Catch: a limited miniseries begins |
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May 1, 2021 |
| A basketful of Easter eggs |
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April 10, 2021 |
| Milestones for strings, Black music matters, Muti's Attila... |
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April 2, 2021 |
| Songs with words and songs without |
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March 13, 2021 |
| Our expanding universe |
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March 5, 2021 |
| Three more winners |
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February 8, 2021 |
| Twist's double feature |
Air Mail |
February 3, 2021 |
| Three times lucky (make that four) |
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February 2, 2021 |
| A New Year, a new age? |
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January 9, 2021 |
| In dulci jubilo, or, Year-end Catches of the Day (part 1) |
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December 30, 2020 |
| Bounty - A very lucky Catch of the Day |
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December 1, 2020 |
| Trick or treat? Catch of the Day meets the Great Pumpkin |
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November 10, 2020 |
| On Mozart's fingerboard, in a lonely cell, footloose in the world... |
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October 6, 2020 |
| When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame |
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October 5, 2020 |
| Complete Works - The Table Top Shakespeare At Home |
Air Mail |
September 26, 2020 |
| Paths cross again at summer's end |
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September 8, 2020 |
| Bach of Ages |
Air Mail |
August 29, 2020 |
| Awaiting that eureka moment - Catch of the Day, August 2, 2020 |
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August 5, 2020 |
| Spirits of revolution |
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July 28, 2020 |
| Catch of the Day celebrates Independence |
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July 19, 2020 |
| New bells and whistles at Catch of the Day |
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June 28, 2020 |
| P.S. on "Creating 'Der Rosenkavalier'" |
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June 21, 2020 |
| Where's the catch? |
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June 18, 2020 |
| Sondheim at 90 |
Arts Intel Report, AiR MAIL |
May 2, 2020 |
| Sweet Land, from LA Historic Park direct to video |
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April 3, 2020 |
| Catch as catch can (October 2019-January 2020) |
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January 14, 2020 |
| Previews of attractions, coming and gone |
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January 12, 2020 |
| Exhibit shows nature transformed by sophisticated ideas, craftsmanship |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
January 12, 2020 |
| Contagious |
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October 3, 2019 |
| New Maui exhibit showcases artists at their barricades |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
September 8, 2019 |
| Summertime at Catch of the Day, Part 3 |
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August 12, 2019 |
| Summertime at Catch of the Day, Part 2 (July 28) |
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August 11, 2019 |
| Summertime @ Catch of the Day, Part I (June 30) |
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August 10, 2019 |
| Scrambling to catch up |
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June 17, 2019 |
| Over the moon with Rossini's Rosina, in the dumps with a Verdi Leonora |
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20 Jun 2019 |
| Caught in January (Omega edition) |
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January 30, 2019 |
| 'Twas the season |
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January 15, 2019 |
| Pre-Posthumous: Edward Gorey on the fringe |
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January 9, 2019 |
| Speak for yourself, Conrad! |
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October 26, 2018 |
| So, what exactly will it be when the wind blows? |
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September 5, 2018 |
| Make way for La Nilsson, make way for Steve J. |
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August 24, 2018 |
| From the center of the universe and other locations |
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July 5, 2018 |
| Bumper crop in brief |
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June 4, 2018 |
| Bull's-eye: Caleb Teicher lights up Crazy for You |
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May 30, 2018 |
| New Perspectives Revivify Carousel And My Fair Lady |
Classical Voice North America |
May 4, 2018 |
| Audrey Luna and her 40 fathers |
Opera News (May 2018) |
May 3, 2018 |
| Who's Afraid of Tristan? Not Jonas Kaufmann. |
Oper! Das Magazin (Germany), May 2018 |
May 1, 2018 |
| The Easter Bunny says, "April Fool!" |
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April 2, 2018 |
| New Names on Catch of the Day (airdate: March 25, 2018) |
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March 27, 2018 |
| Brain waves, etc. |
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March 5, 2018 |
| On Maui, budding virtuosi reach for the stars |
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February 6, 2018 |
| Vivaldi rediscovered, Vienna revitalized |
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January 30, 2018 |
| A stellar second act from the double threat whose name is Q |
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January 22, 2018 |
| Keyboard moments and more |
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January 15, 2018 |
| From the 12th century to the 21st |
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January 5, 2018 |
| Gottfried von Einem goes toe-to-toe with Verdi |
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December 10, 2017 |
| Musical fantasies |
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December 8, 2017 |
| Maui connections: a recap |
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December 2, 2017 |
| California Girls revisited |
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November 30, 2017 |
| Garrison Keillor, erased |
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November 30, 2017 |
| La Divina is back again and much, much more |
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November 14, 2017 |
| All but the Hiddleston Hamlet |
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November 12, 2017 |
| Philippe Jordan revives Pelléas and Così |
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November 8, 2017 |
| Lost and found at the Paris Opéra |
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October 31, 2017 |
| Yayoi Kusama contemplates infinity |
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August 29, 2017 |
| Baroque and beyond |
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August 11, 2017 |
| Be yourself: everyone else is taken |
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August 5, 2017 |
| Warhorses' day off |
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July 12, 2017 |
| And he called for his divas three |
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June 9, 2017 |
| Songs for all seasons |
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May 4, 2017 |
| From the archives: Jorma Hynninen, Voice of a Nation |
Connoisseur (June 1985) |
April 4, 2017 |
| Comparisons are enlightening |
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April 4, 2017 |
| Northward, Ho! |
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March 29, 2017 |
| Horror stories, old American masters, and more |
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March 10, 2017 |
| Hooked! |
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December 1, 2016 |
| Pure Gold from Arvo Pärt |
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October 1, 2016 |
| In the wings with Michael Fabiano, tenor |
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July 28, 2016 |
| David Gockley Calls It a Day |
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July 28, 2016 |
| Among friends: a new album from Saimir Pirgu |
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February 5, 2016 |
| Wagner's Meistersinger in San Francisco |
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December 3, 2015 |
| For Arvo Pärt at 80 |
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October 23, 2015 |
| Waltzing Matilda |
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July 24, 2015 |
| Fun Home, the musical |
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July 22, 2015 |
| Marco Tutino's Two Women, in Puccini's footsteps |
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June 26, 2015 |
| Berlioz meets Virgil: Les Troyens in San Francisco |
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June 24, 2015 |
| Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with bells and whistles |
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June 24, 2015 |
| La Divina Goes Hi-Def |
Wall Street Journal |
December 17, 2014 |
| In Vienna, Heady Mix of Messiaen, Boulez, Schubert |
Classical Voice North America |
November 4, 2014 |
| Wagner's "Orphans" |
Wall Street Journal |
May 20, 2013 |
| Gone Today, Here Tomorrow? Pirgu's Romeo |
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March 12, 2013 |
| Britten's Turn of the Screw from Glyndebourne |
Opera News |
March 1, 2013 |
| Wotan's Revenge |
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October 22, 2012 |
| CAVALLI: Giasone |
Opera News |
September 22, 2012 |
| SCIARRINO: Luci Mie Traditrici |
Opera News |
September 2012 |
| From the Archives: Declassified Samizdat |
New York Times (originally published February 28, 1999) |
August 20, 2012 |
| J.S. BACH: St. Matthew Passion |
Opera News |
August 2012 |
| BERG: Lulu |
Opera News |
April 2012 |
| GIORDANO: Andrea Chénier |
Opera News |
February 2012 |
| BERLIOZ: Les Troyens |
Opera News |
November 2011 |
| BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis and Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 & 9 |
Opera News |
August 2011 |
| R. STRAUSS: Elektra |
Opera News |
July 2011 |
| VERDI: Simon Boccanegra |
Opera News |
May 2011 |
| MASSENET: Werther |
Opera News |
February 2011 |
| WAGNER: Lohengrin |
Opera News |
October 2010 |
| MAW: Sophie's Choice |
Opera News |
August 2010 |
| Rossini: L'Equivoco Stravagante |
Opera News |
May 2010 |
| Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen |
Opera News |
March 2010 |
| Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier |
Opera News |
January 2010 |
| Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel |
Opera News |
December 2009 |
| Wagner: Tannhäuser |
Opera News |
December 2009 |
| A 'Ring' Recording That Has It All (Except the Music) |
The New York Times |
August 30, 2009 |
| Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
Opera News |
August 2009 |
| Martín y Soler: Il Burbero di Buon Cuore |
Opera News |
July 2009 |
| Video Review: 'Tristan und Isolde' |
Opera News |
June 2009 |
| The Cigarettes: Herbal. The Crisis: Midlife |
The New York Times |
May 3, 2009 |
| Video Review: 'Birtwistle: The Minotaur' |
Opera News |
March 2009 |
| Video Review: 'R. Strauss: Salome' |
Opera News |
February 2009 |
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Blog Posts |
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| Bartoli's Norma: Front and center |
Blog |
June 28, 2013 |
| Maui Film Festival, Day 5: Thumbs-up for hometown filmmaker ("Short Term 12") |
Blog |
June 17, 2013 |
| Culture shock: Cue kudos for Qurrat Ann Kadwani |
Blog |
March 11, 2013 |
| Esprit de l'escalier (Tosca) |
Blog |
January 6, 2013 |
| A Star Is Born: In the Wings with David Afkham, winner of the first Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award |
Blog |
August 15, 2010 |
| Salzburg Festival - Motherhood and Red Apple Pie |
Blog |
August 3, 2009 |
| Demofoonte Rises from the Ashes |
Blog |
July 3, 2009 |
| Last Call for The Norman Conquests |
Blog |
June 29, 2009 |
| Queen for a Day - Helen Mirren's Phèdre launches NT LIVE |
Blog |
June 28, 2009 |
| Loquasto's Landscape for Godot |
Blog |
May 14, 2009 |
| Seven Pleasures: Essays on Ordinary Happiness |
Blog |
May 10, 2009 |
| Pixels Are Forever |
Blog |
February 11, 2009 |
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Book Reviews |
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The Tomb Guardians
by Paul Griffiths |
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November 8, 2021 |
In Red Weather: Turmoil In Indonesia: A CIA Insider's Account from the 1960s
by Daniel F. Cameron |
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November 8, 2021 |
The Woman In the Moonlight
by Patricia Morrisroe |
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August 3, 2020 |
Creating "Der Rosenkavalier": From Chevalier to Cavalier
by Michael Reynolds |
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June 20, 2020 |
The Trumpiad
by Evan Eisenberg/Drawings by Steve Brodner |
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November 16, 2018 |
Maestros and Their Music: The Art and Alchemy of Conducting
by John Mauceri |
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June 28, 2018 |
| Buster Keaton In His Own Time: What the Responses of 1920s Critics Reveal |
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May 3, 2018 |
Senior Moments: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
by Willard Spiegelman |
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August 29, 2016 |
The Glamour of Strangeness: Artists and the Last Age of the Exotic
by Jamie James |
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August 10, 2016 |
Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs
by Graham Johnson |
Wall Street journal |
December 12, 2014 |
| Wolfgang Rihm: Dionysos |
Opera News |
February 2014 |
Der Freischütz
by Nationaltheater Mannheim |
Opera News |
October 29, 2013 |
Das Labyrinth: Der Kampf mit den Elementen
by Peter von Winter |
Opera News |
September 2013 |
The Stench of Honolulu: A Tropical Adventure
by Jack Handey |
Honolulu Star-Advertiser |
August 18, 2013 |
| Tosca (Giacomo Puccini): Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
Opera News |
January 5, 2013 |
Rimbaud in Java: The Lost Voyage
by Jamie James |
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November 27, 2011 |
Kazan on Directing
by Elia Kazan |
The New Leader |
March/April 2009 |
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Movie Reviews |
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| Rienzi |
Opera News |
April 2014 |
| J. S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion |
Opera News |
August 2013 |
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