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Poison Ivy's Wall of Text: Midsummer's Night Dream - Exciting Debuts
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Poison Ivy's Wall of Text. Art, life, and other scribblings. Sunday, June 7, 2015. Midsummer's Night Dream - Exciting Debuts. A Midsummer's Night Dream. Has become the traditional way to close the NYCB's spring season. Because the ballet requires so many moving parts (a huge cast of soloists, the entire corps de ballet, plus a large contingent of SAB students) sometimes casting for this ballet can be a bit stale. If it ain't broke, why fix it? So how was she? Miller was not alone in making an anticipated...
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Poison Ivy's Wall of Text: April 2015
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Poison Ivy's Wall of Text. Art, life, and other scribblings. Sunday, April 26, 2015. Theres something to be said for a musical that doesnt attempt to be anything more than a rollicking good time. Something Rotten! Wednesday, April 22, 2015. On the Town: Best in Show. This is going to seem like a PSA rather than a review but: run, dont walk to see the wonderful revival of On the Town. In fame but for On the Town. He wrote a helluva score. Theres something to please everyone: jaunty production numbers ...
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Poison Ivy's Wall of Text: June 2015
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Poison Ivy's Wall of Text. Art, life, and other scribblings. Saturday, June 27, 2015. Still Loyal to the Royal. Sarah Lamb and Steven McRae, photo by Andrea Mohin. It used to be that the Royal Ballets tours to the U.S. were guaranteed sell-outs and their stars had rabid followings across the pond. Margot! And absolutely beautiful The Two Pigeons. By the Birmingham National Ballet, and Symphonic Variations. Friday, June 19, 2015. Photo by Nigel Norrington. The Awakening of Flora. 160;and Symphony in C.
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We left at the interval...: Ann Hallenberg sings Graun
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We left at the interval. Operas and concerts: amateur notes. Ann Hallenberg sings Graun. Mi paventi il figlio indegno (Graun) Ann Hallenberg. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Chabrier – L’Etoile. Wagner - Tristan und Isolde. Hindemith - Mathis der Maler. Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera. Chausson - Le Roi Arthus. Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera. Ann Hallenberg sings Graun. Théâtre des Champs Elysées. Bychkov Alpine Symphony Strauss Larcher. The Rossini Opera Festival 2016 @ Pesaro.
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We left at the interval...: September 2014
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We left at the interval. Operas and concerts: amateur notes. Wagner, Mahler (and Brahms). Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, Friday September 26 2014. Philippe Herreweghe, Conductor. Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo Soprano. Orchestre des Champs Elysées. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Prelude to act III. Brahms: symphony N°4. In Paris this month, I booked. In May I published a link to that Berlin performance of Der Abschied. Links to this post. Théâtre des Champs Elysées. Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia.
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None shall sleep « parterre box
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Unnatural Acts of Opera (Podcast). Hellip;where opera is king and you, the readers, are queens. Headshot of La Cieca. 11:13 am Aug 10, 2015. 8220; Yusif Eyvazov. Will make his Met debut singing the role of Calàf in the performances of Puccini’s. On November 7 matinee and November 12. He replaces Fabio Sartori. Who has withdrawn the role from his repertory.” So says the Met press office. Who has withdrawn the role from his repertory". On the plus side, the Zeff Turandot. Why are you concerned about Irish/...
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Poison Ivy's Wall of Text: Mariinsky in Carmen and Symphony in C
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Poison Ivy's Wall of Text. Art, life, and other scribblings. Sunday, July 17, 2011. Mariinsky in Carmen and Symphony in C. July 16 and 17, 2011. Ballet season officially ended for me tonight with a double bill of the Mariinsky Ballet in Carmen. And Symphony in C. The Mariinsky opened both last night and tonight with Alberto Alonso's Carmen. The real reason I attended both performances was of course to see Balanchine's masterpiece Symphony in C. Part of the joy of seeing the Mariinsky in Symphony in C.
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Poison Ivy's Wall of Text: February 2015
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Poison Ivy's Wall of Text. Art, life, and other scribblings. Tuesday, February 17, 2015. La Donna del Lago. This is a weird way to begin a review but the thing I kept thinking of at tonights premiere of La Donna del Lago. Was that Seinfeld episode when Kramer is driving with Georges mother and in the middle of a casual conversation he stops short with the car. This causes much awkwardness all around. What does stopping short have to do with Rossini? Thursday, February 5, 2015. Winter Season at NYCB.
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Poison Ivy's Wall of Text: NYCB Does Bournonville
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Poison Ivy's Wall of Text. Art, life, and other scribblings. Sunday, May 17, 2015. A good example would be the three casts of La Sylphide. Here are the major casts:. Cast 1 May 7: Sterling Hyltin (Sylph), Joaquin de Luz (James), Daniel Ulbricht (Gurn), Brittany Pollack (Effie), Georgina Pazcoguin (Madge). Cast 2 May 16 mat: Ashley Bouder (Sylph), Andrew Veyette (James), Joseph Gordon (Gurn), Megan LeCrone (Effie), Marika Anderson (Madge). Or S quare Dance. A ballet I have almost no tolerance for. Be An e...
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Poison Ivy's Wall of Text: Go Set A Watchman: SPOILERS AHEAD
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Poison Ivy's Wall of Text. Art, life, and other scribblings. Thursday, July 16, 2015. Go Set A Watchman: SPOILERS AHEAD. Almost everyone knows how G o Set a Watchman. Got published - Lee is now infirm and rumored to no longer be of sound mind. Her lawyer "discovered". This lost manuscript. In fact Watchman. Is not a sequel to Mockingbird. The revelation that Harper Lee's "long-lost" novel Go Set A Watchman. Gave the sainted Atticus Finch a "dark side". S reputation is somehow . tarnished? He's even joine...