January 17, 2009

There are so many people to thank…

So there I was, sitting around, minding my own business when out of the blue I find out that Art Scatter has bestowed upon my little opera blog a Premios Dardo Award. Take a look at this year’s other local recipients and you’ll see that I’m in very good company. Very. Good. Company.
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January 17, 2009

In rotation

Portland Opera’s upcoming production of Turn of the Screw is a little less than a month away, and so I’ve been listening to a lot of Benjamin Britten recently. In addition to Screw, there are the large-scale stage works that fall on either side of it (Billy Budd, Gloriana, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream); Owen [...]