I have an identity problem. On the one hand I write about the international world of opera, or at least the parts that reach me. On the other I write about music in Sacramento. Sunday, March 18, 2018. When I finally review Cosi fan Tutte. The purpose, believe it or not, is not correctness but rather to achieve understanding by someone who speaks the language. Tone is the other consideration. Friday, March 16, 2018.

The Musings and Rants of a Gay Aucklander, about whatever I fancy. Wednesday, February 28, 2018. Arising from the fury so many women have at the way sexual assault has been used against them, and as in the case with Anthony Rapp, we see Kevin Spacey. Also accused of doing this to men.

Thursday, February 22, 2018. It is a truth universally acknowledged that claimants to the title of First Opera are many, though Monteverdis Orfeo usually makes it into the textbooks. This weekend, NYC will get the Cantanti Project.

Don Juan in Hankey, PA. Since I review live opera performance and have critiqued more than 60 operas in six years, I often wonder what goes on in the heads of fellow operagoers while I am waiting for Act II to start or watching a large set revolve during a scene change. By New York City Opera, breakout tenor David Lomelí. Some sopranos are svelt, even tiny. Many male singers can send their vo.

Sunday, January 19, 2014. Friday, January 17, 2014. Wednesday, January 15, 2014. Sumptuously unromantic, powerfully versatile.

All for the Love of Singing. Wednesday, February 18, 2015. Not a low-key event at all. Good! What does it accomplish? It was wonderful to.

Regie, or Not Regie? A Voice of Moderation in the Extreme World of Opera Fanaticism. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. July 31, 2015, 8. With Kristine Opolais, Jonas Kaufmann a. Monday, July 27, 2015.

Monday, March 21, 2011. Came at the very end when the characters took the places they had occupied during the Sinfonia and at the opening of Act III. Friday, March 4, 2011. Opera Watch NYC - March 2011.