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Matthew Zadow's opera blog: October 2014
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog. The adventures of an itinerant baritone -. Thursday, 23 October 2014. The November 11th concert at St. Andrew's is also taking shape. I have already rehearsed twice with the pianist, and last week had a rehearsal also with the 'cellist, and our material should be fine. The senior choir has started preparing its pieces as well, and two Eleanor Daley anthems will be part of the programme: In Remembrance. Excerpted from Daley's Requiem. And In Flanders Fields. This past weekend w...
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog: September 2014
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog. The adventures of an itinerant baritone -. Monday, 29 September 2014. Thirty days hath September. September has been a very busy month, and in some ways I can't quite believe that it is already passed. All that activity is wonderful but also quite draining. somehow for me the long grey cold winter that followed these autumn months would pull all the liveliness and energy out of me so that I would often be running on empty by the time spring finally rolled around. Some accompan...
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog: June 2015
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog. The adventures of an itinerant baritone -. Thursday, 25 June 2015. Blogcrastination episode IV: A New Hope. Trying to wake up the top of my voice at the 9am rehearsal. Part Four: Bach and Father's Day. The concert at the Eglise des Minimes turned out to be quite a big success. I ended up bring Malcolm along as well, because his flute teacher was performing the famous BWV 1067 Orchestral suite #2 in B-minor, with a fantastic flute solo part. Duet with soprano Bepke Keersmaekers.
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog: June 2014
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog. The adventures of an itinerant baritone -. Wednesday, 25 June 2014. Up, up and away. Belgium in general, on the other hand, is completely crazy about the World Cup. Les Diables Rouges. If you don't speak French of Portuguais, some of the video segments are also subtitled in English so you can still follow along. A Benoit Meule-Stef harp guitar in process. 1905 piece from the ceiling of a public swimming pool somewhere in Brussels, and it is huge; they had laid it out on the dr...
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog: November 2014
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog. The adventures of an itinerant baritone -. Friday, 28 November 2014. Beethoven tomorrow in Liège. Singer's-eye view of conductor Laurence Equilbey. In any case this salle. Has a long history in my own artistic lineage. It is attached to the Conservatoire. And received diplomas and medals in arts lyriques, mélodie,. And vocal pedagogy, and his graduation recital was performed in this very salle. One of the fringe benefits of having a singer in the household is that while he or ...
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog: May 2014
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog. The adventures of an itinerant baritone -. Thursday, 15 May 2014. Back home in Brussels. As well I think we be mega-decadent and have homemade frites. I am hoping for a clear enough sky that I can cook them outside, as frying inside leaves the whole house smelling like the inside of a chip truck. Duncan and I worked today at making Malcolm's birthday cake (he's have the Mennonite carrot cake recipe from Food That Really Schmecks. A cigar following my last audition of the trip.
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog: February 2015
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog. The adventures of an itinerant baritone -. Monday, 16 February 2015. Berlin by day and by night. Today I have already risen early and had a final coaching with Peter on some opera repertoire. I will be leaving tomorrow in the mid-afternoon but really could use a day without singing before my audition on Wednesday. Posted by Matthew Zadow. Friday, 13 February 2015. Let's just say my dogs were barking yesterday. my hip flexors are sore, but my right knee which I injured at m...
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog: August 2014
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog. The adventures of an itinerant baritone -. Monday, 18 August 2014. London, part one. Today we are doing some grocery shopping to prepare for the return of the boys, tidying the house a bit and doing some advance cooking so they have a favourite meal to enjoy after we pick them up from the airport tomorrow morning. I am also getting around to blogging about our London adventure. It was almost a week so I've divided it into two parts. With many fascinating examples of stone tool...
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog: Bayreuth
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Matthew Zadow's opera blog. The adventures of an itinerant baritone -. Tuesday, 4 August 2015. View from the Pension-Hotel Waldbaude in Warmensteinach. Camping' style lunch at the hotel. The next day we decided to get up early and get into Bayreuth to explore the Wagner Villa, museum, and the Franz Liszt museum and gravesite. The avenue leading to the Villa Wahnfried. Bruce at the grave of Richard and Cosima Wagner in the garden. Bust of King Ludwig II in front of the Villa Wahnfried. From the opening ni...
