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Category Archives: acting
Playing God
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth Continue reading
Posted in acting, Art, Coronavirus, Music, Opera, Religion, singing, Theatre, Wagner
Tagged classical music, Coronavirus, music, opera, performing arts, ring cycle, singing, theatre, Wagner, wotan
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Giving It Away: Classical Music in Lockdown and other fairytales
On sale today: The Book of the Blog Continue reading
Posted in acting, Art, Books, Cars, Cinema, Coronavirus, Cricket, Football, Hire Car Top Trumps, Mathematics, Motoring, Music, Opera, physics, Politics, Religion, Science, Science Fiction, singing, Sport, Theatre, Time travel, Travel, Uncategorized, University Challenge, Wagner, Wales, What they don't teach you at music college
Tagged amazon, audiobooks, Books, christmas present, classical music, gifts, kindle, music, opera, opera singing, paperback, singing, writing
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Why Tosca Dies
“…it feels like a bleakly amoral story, with an almost nihilistically hopeless conclusion.” Continue reading
A God Who Plays Dice
“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself; (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” Continue reading
Posted in acting, Art, Music, Opera, Politics, Religion, Science, singing, Theatre, Wagner
Tagged acting, classical music, opera, philosophy, physics, ring cycle, stanislavski, Wagner, wotan
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Wagner: Don’t bump into the furniture
er-Z-o-G- ich euch -K-ühn, -Z-um -K-ampfe -Z-u -Z-ieh’n, -SCH-u-F- ich die -H-e-R–Z-en euch -H-a-R–T- und -SCH-a-R–F-, dass ihr -W-ilde-N- -N-u-N- -W-ei-N-T u-N-D- -GR-ei-N-T, we-NN- -M-ei-N- -GR-i-MM- eine -TR-eulose s-TR-af-T-? Continue reading
Posted in acting, Music, Opera, singing, Theatre, Wagner, Wales, What they don't teach you at music college
Tagged classical music, music, opera, singing, Wagner, wotan
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Words and Ears and Brains
“Panic: I knew my ears and my brain couldn’t possibly keep up with this.” Continue reading
Nixon / Nixon / Nixon
“…even with such an almost endless wealth of material, both factual and fictional, to chew on, you only ever feel you’re scratching the surface of Nixon’s innermost thoughts and motivations.” Continue reading
Acting outside the 98
“In other words, great acting and awful acting are not as far apart as logic might suggest.” Continue reading
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Ranitidine & Tonic 