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Tag Archives: singing
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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Who Will Back British Opera?
Why I hate Peter Grimes. But you, and the rest of the world, shouldn’t. Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Music, Opera, Politics, singing, Theatre, Travel
Tagged benjamin britten, Brexit, britain, british music, classical music, contemporary music, contemporary opera, music, opera, performing arts, peter grimes, singing, theatre
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Brexit for Musicians: The Evil Empire
A warm welcome to Global Britain. Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Coronavirus, Music, Opera, Politics, singing, Theatre, Travel
Tagged Brexit, britain, british singers, classical music, opera, performing arts, politics, singing, theatre, Travel
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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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Coronaclassical 19: No Longer Viable
Freelance artists left to contemplate their own extinction. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Coronavirus, Music, Opera, physics, Politics, singing, Theatre, What they don't teach you at music college
Tagged Art, artists, Coronavirus, covid, freelance, opera, performing arts, singing, theatre
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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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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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I want to be an opera singer: should I be marking?
I can’t imagine that a marathon runner would prepare for a race by running two marathons the day before. Continue reading
Posted in Music, Opera, What they don't teach you at music college
Tagged opera, singing
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I want to be an opera singer: should I be online?
“Social media in general is a long piece of rope with which some people will not be able to resist hanging themselves.” Continue reading
Posted in Opera, What they don't teach you at music college
Tagged online, opera, opera singing, singing, social media
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