10 books that helped shape my life
10 books that helped shape my life I’ve had two different friends ask me to post to Facebook a list of 10 […]
Category: music
Gaza mourns in angst & pain
The unprecedented assault on the Gaza Strip by the Israeli military this week brought to mind a hymn whose text was […]
15 favorite operas and 15 more
15 Favorite Operas and 15 More: Reflections on the Love of a Lifetime By Pauline Park I have been listening to opera […]
Conchita Supervia & the Golden Age of Opera
Conchita Supervía & the Golden Age of Opera Conchita Supervía (December 8-9, 1895-March 30, 1936) was one of the great opera singers […]
“Maria Stuarda” at the Met (12.31.12)
“Maria Stuarda”: the Metropolitan Opera’s New Year’s Eve Gala 2012 a very informal non-review by Pauline Park Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” was chosen […]
Moments Musicaux
As Julie Andrews says in “The Sound of Music,” these are a few of my favorite things — music that I love […]
Barricades Mystérieuses: piano music performed by Pauline Park
Barricades Mystérieuses piano music performed by Pauline Park 1) Couperin: Les Barricades Mystérieuses (1713) (2:46) 2) Bach: Goldberg Variations: aria (sarabande) (BWV 988) (1741) […]
Opera, That Exotic & Irrational Entertainment
In “The Queen’s Throat,” David Koestenbaum writes that opera queens are distinguished by their propensity to keep lists of operas that they’ve […]
Music for a while shall all your cares beguile
…an 18th century-style double-keyboard French harpsichord of the sort for which most Baroque keyboard music was written… “Music for a while shall […]
25 things about me
One of my favorite places on earth: Frying Pan Creek in Mt. Rainier National Park… Awhile back, a friend of mine suggested […]
The Met’s New Season: Warhorses to Operatic Rarities
Renée Fleming in Rossini’s “Armida” The Metropolitan Opera’s 2009-10 season is anything if not eclectic, representing a judicious mix of old warhorses […]