October 2,
2005:
I am *slowly* bringing the Newsday section up to date. Please
visit vilaine fille
for links to my latest articles. There are two newly uploaded
articles in the Time Out New York section.
By
the way, I
also have a new best of page.
HAPPY
NEWS: My essay "Re-visioning
Callas" won a 2004 Front Page Award from the Newswomen's
Club of New York.
Additional
examples of my publications are available at my italiano
and translation pages and at
www.revisioningcallas.com.
New
York Times
Newsday
- But can
you dance to it? (theremin concerts), August 2005.
- A pianist's
prism emits both power and poignance (Marc-André
Hamelin), August 2005.
- Cutting-edge?
Cut it out (operatic regietheater), July 2005.
- Come to
Papa: Verdi is ripe for rediscovery, July 2005.
- A riotous
delight of commedia dell'arte (Giorgio Strehler's Arlecchino),
July 2005.
- Stellar keyboard
turns in an intimate setting (IKIF 2005), July 2005.
- Tovey
tries hard to top the Liszt (New York Philharmonic),
July 2005.
- Bernstein's
'Peter Pan' takes flight again, June 2005.
- An
ethereal mix of satellite sounds and violins (Annie
Gosfield at The Stone), June 2005.
- Big surge
of stunning sound (Adams' "The Dharma at Big Sur"),
June 2005.
- Bang the
drum loudly - you, too (Drumstruck), June
2005.
- Enchanted
evening
(South Pacific at Carnegie Hall), June
2005.
- In
twilight, Domingo has a nose for glory (Cyrano
at the Met), May 2005.
- Oh
Lenny, how we miss you boppin' at the podium (NYTW Score),
May 2005.
- Mozartian soprano
widens her repertoire (Soile Isokosky at Zankel), May
2005.
- Feminine mystique,
in masculine harmony (Chanticleer), April 2005.
- Milan's
loss just might be New York's gain (Muti at the Philharmonic),
April 2005.
- Francophilia
makes
a New York comeback (OONY Mignon), April
2005.
- Ripples of
lightness in Verdi's dark Ballo,
April 2005.
- A golden
portrayal of rot (NYCO Fanciulla), April
2005.
- String
quartet captures spirit of the masters (Borodin Quartet),
April 2005.
- A Don
Giovanni to fall for, April 2005.
- Laptops chorus
in a marathon jam
(Japan Society onkyo marathon), March 2005.
- Classical
music cover boy
(Anthony de Mare), March 2005.
- A music
drama that remains fresh (Candide), March
2005.
- Viennese lyricism,
finely honed (Jonathan Biss), March 2005.
- A biblical
epic, Hollywood-style (Samson et Dalila), February
2005.
- A gutsy
Mahlerian return for long-gone maestro (Chailly, NY
Phil), February 2005.
- Verdi's lament
and plea for deliverance (Nabucco), February
2005.
- Fast Chat:
Joshua Bell, January 2005.
- Telling
art's stories through music, January 2005.
- Mahler
that leaves nothing more to say, January 2005.
- Cue
the next generation of opera fans (recital by Stephanie
Blythe), January 2005.
- Beethoven's
quartets, the radical and the revered, January 2005.
- Contributor
to The best of 2004: Classical music,
December 2004.
- Contributor
to The top ten classical music
CDs of 2004, December 2004.
- Old world
view of the Old West, November 2004.
- Mesmerizing
puppetry with a modern Twist, November 2004.
- Harmony
and a hint of peril (cellist Truls Mørk), November
2004.
- Voices
to make 'Bohème' sing again, October 2004.
- A rare
tenor with smarts,
fire and a hint of Plácido (début recital
of Rolando Villazón), October 2004.
- Puppetry, masks
and color mark the new Magic Flute
(profile of director Julie Taymor), October 2004.
- Gods
imbibing, serpents mating in a madcap farce (NYCO Platée),
October 2004.
- 'Bit
of noise' for New York's early music roots, September
2004.
- Sumptuous song
carries Puccini's fluffy "Rondine," September
2004.
- Bernstein's
light still shines on the town, September 2004.
- Going
with the flow of a neo-puppet show (Basil Twist's "Symphonie
fantastique"), September 2004.
- A newcomer
meets Verdi's pyrotechnic demands (NYCO Traviata),
September 2004.
- Gagaku,
ancient court music of Japan, will get fresh exposure
in the city this week, September 2004.
- Songs
fiery, sad evoke 'pain for home' (Gerard Edery Ensemble),
August 2004.
- Dance along
with Johann Sebastian (cellist Pieter Wispelwey), August
2004.
- Not yet
stars, these pianists still shine, July 2004.
- NYC
offers a seasonal melange (summer festivals preview,
part 2), June 2004.
- New York
state-of-the-art festivals and Worth
the trip (summer festivals preview, part 1), June 2004.
- Japanese sounds
of silence (Bang on a Can All-Stars), June 2004.
- Hatred and
serenity in a sacred realm (American Symphony Orchestra
review), June 2004.
- A handheld
musical accompaniment (on the wireless Concert Companion),
June 2004.
- Royal
Grandeur from the Movies (on composer John Barry), May
2004.
- Levine,
Met Orchestra, Soloists: fine, fine, fine, May 2004.
- Beer and
a Schubert quintet, please (on cellist Matt Haimovitz),
May 2004.
- "Ghost
Opera" offers a haunting lute salute, May 2004.
- The
Maestro is a Woman: The podium may be a man's realm,
but Marin Alsop concedes nothing, May 2004.
- Catfights,
blood, glory: Ah, opera! (OONY's La Gioconda), April
2004.
- A meditative
Messiaen marathon, April 2004.
- Terfel
lets his inner ham come out, April 2004.
- Restoring the
erotic to a Verdi classic (Collegiate Chorale's Un
ballo in maschera), April 2004.
- A different
kind of diva: Soprano Dawn Upshaw offers her "Perspectives"
in a new Carnegie Hall Series, March 2004
- Cartoonist's
opera: Melding a rock score with appliance manufacture,
March 2004.
- Style over
Schubert: songs obscured in glare of star power, February
2004.
- A Rossini
circus: Antics detract from a melodic 'Algeri,' February
2004.
- Quartet's folksy
touch: string-snappin' fun on a chamber bill, February
2004.
- Trio flies
into New York on wings of song, February 2004.
- American début
of a spidery opera, February 2004.
Time Out
New York
At
last count, more than sixty features and reviews covering
classical music/opera, pop music, and books, including:
- Feature on
the Mannes International Keyboard Institute and Festival,
July 2005.
- Review
of Gluck, Paride ed Elena, June 2005.
- Review
of Alexandra Montano, Reflejo Medieval, June 2005.
- Feature
and sidebar
on Mirella Freni, May 2005.
- Review
of Paolo Conte, Elegia, May 2005.
- Feature
on Sondra Radvanovsky, March 2005.
- Review
of Angela Gheorghiu, Puccini Arias, March 2005.
- Review
of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Mugam Sayagi, February 2005.
- Review
of Rolando Villazón, Gounod and Massenet Arias, February
2005.
- Review
of Isabel Bayrakdarian, Pauline Viardot-Garcia Songs, January
2005.
- Feature on
tenor Carl Tanner, November 2004.
- Feature on
Collegiate Chorale and Robert Bass, November 2004.
- Preview of
Pamela Z, Voci, November 2004.
- Review
of Tosca's Kiss, November 2004.
- Review of
Stephanie Blythe, Brahms/Wagner/Mahler, November 2004.
- Review
of Marcelo Álvarez, The Tenor's Passion, October
2004.
- Preview of
San Antonio Vocal Arts Ensemble concert, October 2004.
- Feature on
mezzo-soprano Rinat Shaham, October 2004.
- Review of
Nancy Sinatra, October 2004.
- Review
of Hersch, Josquin, Rihm, Feldman, September 2004.
- Feature
on Juan Diego Flórez, September 2004.
- Review of
Berlioz, Requiem, August 2004.
- Feature
on literary translation, August 2004.
- Review
of Mozart, Requiem, August 2004.
- Review of
Iain Calder, The Untold Story: My 20 Years Running
the "National Enquirer," August 2004.
- Review
of Moniuszko, The Haunted Manor, August
2004.
- Review
of Lully, Roland, July 2004.
- Review
of Scarlatti, Colpa, pentimento e grazia, July
2004.
- Review of
Alessandro Baricco, Without Blood, June
2004.
- Review of
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde, June 2004.
- Review of
Amor e gelosia (Handel duets), June 2004.
- Review
of Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro, May 2004.
- Review
of Martín y Soler, La capricciosa corretta,
May 2004.
- Preview of
Felsenfeld and Hilbert, The Last of Manhattan, May
2004.
- Preview
of Handel, Siroe, April 2004.
- Review of
Deborah Voigt, Obsessions, April 2004.
- Preview of
Verdi, Un ballo in maschera, March 2004.
- Review
of Rolando Villazón, Italian Opera Arias, March 2004.
- Review of
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, February 2004.
(NB: Felicity Palmer is misidentified as Felicity Lott because
I am an ass.)
- Feature on
William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, February 2004.
- Feature
on Juan Diego Flórez, January 2004.
- Review
of Gianmaria Testa, Altre latitudini, January 2004.
- Review
of John Baxter, A Pound of Paper, January
2004.
- Review of
Gubaidulina, The Canticle of the Sun, December 2003.
- Review of
Amy Tan, The Opposite of Fate, November
2003.
- Feature
on Met revival of Halévy's La Juive, November
2003.
- Review of
Bruckner, Symphony No. 9, November 2003.
- Review
of Cecilia Bartoli, The Salieri Album, November 2003.
- Review
of Frances Itani, Deafening, October 2003.
- Review
of Renée Fleming, By Request, October 2003.
- Boxed
review of Frédéric Brenner's Diaspora,
October 2003.
- Review
of Les Yeux Noirs, Live, September 2003.
- Review of
Vivica Genaux, Bel Canto Arias, September 2003.
- Review of
Mark Abley, Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened
Languages, September 2003.
- Review
of Jordi Savall, Le Parnase de la viole, August 2003.
- Review
of Elizabeth Futral, Great Operatic Arias, July 2003.
- Review
of Beethoven, Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5, June 2003.
- Review
of Handel, Rinaldo, May 2003.
- Review
of Bach, St. Matthew Passion, April 2003.
- Review
of Juan Diego Flórez, Una furtiva lagrima, April
2003.
- Review
of Donizetti, Lucie de Lammermoor (Virgin),
March 2003.
- Feature
on Henry Street Chamber Opera, November 2002.
- Review
of Verdi, Il trovatore (EMI), November
2002.
Opera
News
At
last count, nearly 100 CD, performance, and book reviews,
highlights of which may be posted... at some point. (The new
ON website is password-protected, alas.)
Artsjournal.com
Salon.com
- Review
of Evan S. Connell, Deus lo volt! Chronicle of the
Crusades, June 2000.
- Review
of Sheri Holman, The Dress Lodger, February
2000.
-
Review
of Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring;
Katharine Weber, The Music Lesson; and
Susan Vreeland, Girl in Hyacinth Blue,
January 2000. Internationally
syndicated.
-
Review
of Antonio Tabucchi, The Missing Head of Damasceno
Monteiro, January 2000.
- Review
of Barry Unsworth, Sugar and Rum, May 1999.
Program
Essays
- Handel,
Alcina, Playbill (New
York City Opera), 2003.
- Donizetti, Don
Pasquale, New York City Opera
Souvenir Program, 2003-04.
- Handel,
Flavio, Playbill (New
York City Opera), 2003.
- Wolf-Ferrari,
Sly, The Metropolitan Opera Season Book,
2001-02.
Forward
San
Francisco Chronicle
- Review of
Sarah Dunant, The Birth of Venus, March
2004.
Readings/Speeches/Radio
- Soundcheck,
WNYC, March 2004.
- Soundcheck,
WNYC, January 2004.
- Soundcheck,
WNYC, December 2003.
- Dvar
Torah, parsha B'ha'alotkha, Congregation Tifereth Israel
(Town & Village), June 2003.
- "A
Stranger in a Not-so-strange Land," CBGB, July 2002.
USItalia
Highlights
of weekly "Nota bene" column (since October 2003)
are being posted… slowly!
Boston Magazine
- Arts
and Entertainment item on WHRB's
Winter 2003 Orgy® Period, January 2003.
Opera
Quarterly
- Review
of Daugherty, Jackie O, Fall 2000.
- Review
of Rossini, La Cenerentola, Spring 2000.
- Review
of Galatopoulos, Maria Callas: Sacred Monster,
Spring 2000.
- Review
of Cimarosa, L'Italiana in Londra and Le
donne rivali, Winter 2000.
- Review
of Rossini, L'inganno felice, Autumn 1999.
American
Record Guide
- Review
of OPERAtion Orfeo, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2000.
- Review
of Rossini, La Cenerentola, The Metropolitan
Opera, 2000.
- Profile
of tenor José Cura, 1999. Cover.
- Review
of Wagner,
Lohengrin, The Metropolitan Opera, 1999.
- Feature
on opera Patience and Sarah by Paula Kimper
and Wende Persons, 1998.
Women's
Review of Books
- Essay,
"The Sound and the Fury" (about Maria Callas),
November 2000.
- Review
of Dacia Maraini, The Silent Duchess, March
1999.
TheSquare.com
- Review
of José Cura, Boleros, July 2002.
- Review
of Plácido Domingo, Wagner: Scenes from the Ring,
July 2002.
- Review
of Les Yeux Noirs, Balamouk, July 2002.
WHRB
Program Guide
Instructional
Materials
In
a previous
life, I wrote Italian- and French-language instructional materials.
The Vis-à-vis CD-ROM won some kind
of national award.
- CD-ROM
to accompany Vis-à-vis, Beginning French,
first edition, McGraw-Hill, 1996.
-
Workbook and Laboratory Manual to accompany Insieme:
An Intermediate Italian Course, first edition,
McGraw-Hill, 1994.
-
Instructor's Resource Kit and Laboratory Manual to accompany
Italiano in diretta: An Introductory Course,
first and second editions, McGraw-Hill, 1993 and 1989.
-
Instructor's Resource Kit to accompany Prego! An
Invitation to Italian, third edition, McGraw-Hill,
1990.
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