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Category Archives: Theatre
Coronaclassical 24: Into the Post-Covid World
“This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Continue reading
Posted in Books, Coronavirus, Music, Opera, Politics, Science, singing, Theatre, Travel
Tagged classical music, Coronavirus, covid-19, music, opera, performing arts, pfizer, theatre, vaccine
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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
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Summer opera? Pray for rain.
You shouldn’t get too downhearted if the weather is gloomy – you might well end up getting better singing as a result. Continue reading
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
Opera tickets, going cheap
Here’s a couple of pie charts for you, showing the income and expenditure of the Royal Opera House in 2014: The sector to which I’d like to draw our attention is “Box office receipts” on the income chart, making up … 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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I want to be an opera singer: should I read my reviews?
“I love you, you’re perfect, now change.” Continue reading
Pursuing Goals: Marcus Geduld on Acting
“You need only three things: voice, voice, and more voice!” Continue reading
