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Category Archives: Theatre
Brexit for Musicians: An Englishman Abroad
A British musician starts work in the EU – how did he do it? Continue reading
Posted in Art, Brexit, Coronavirus, Music, Opera, Politics, singing, Theatre, Travel, Wagner
Tagged Brexit, classical music, freelancers, music, musicians, opera, opera singers, passports, performing arts, politics, singers, theatre
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Brexit for Musicians: What Happened, What Next?
UK artists are in a deep hole – is there any hope of climbing out? Continue reading
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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Coronaclassical 13: The Death of British Opera
It’s the perfect storm. And any British opera singer who survives it deserves every reward they get. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Coronavirus, Music, Opera, Politics, singing, Theatre
Tagged arts, Coronavirus, culture, music, opera, performance art, politics, singing, theatre
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Coronaclassical 2: Giving It Away
“Had we already done the work to establish the principle of paying for getting classical music on your TV screen, this could have been a genuine boom time for the industry…” Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, Coronavirus, Music, Opera, Politics, Theatre
Tagged Cinema, classical music, Coronavirus, opera, theatre
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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
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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
