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December

Posted on February 15, 2026 by operaramblings
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The sound track of Essential Opera’s on-line video of Monica Pearce’s COVID era opera December has now been issued as a CD.  You can read my review at La Scena Musicale.

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Boulanger’s La ville morte

Posted on February 9, 2026 by operaramblings
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My review of Catapult Opera’s recording of Nadia Boulanger’s La ville morte is now available at La Scena Musicale.

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Wallis Giunta sings Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins

Posted on February 7, 2026 by operaramblings
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My review of the recent CD of Weill works including The Seven Deadly Sins with Wallis Giunta as Anna I and II is now published at La Scena Musicale.

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Calamus

Posted on November 19, 2025 by operaramblings
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Calamus is a work for soprano and cello by Andrew Staniland based on poems from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.  My review of the recent CD release is now available at La Scena Musicale.

Catalogue information: Leaf Music VR2025

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Invented Folksongs

Posted on November 18, 2025 by operaramblings
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Invented Folksongs is a set of four pieces by Anna Pidgorna inspired, rather than based on, traditional Ukrainian folk songs collected by her in the field and recorded by her with the Ludivico Ensemble.  My review is now available at La Scena Musicale.

Catalogue information: Redshift Records TK557

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Dark Tales

Posted on October 12, 2025 by operaramblings
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Duo Concertante play Alice Ho’s Dark Tales; pieces for violin and piano inspired by Newfoundland ghost stories.  Full review at La Scena Musicale.

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i love evil

Posted on October 11, 2025 by operaramblings
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Two hours of soprano Dory Hayley multi tracking with live and recorded electronics in a tribute to Morton Feldman’s Three Voices.  Fascinating if not everyone’s cup of tea.  Full review at La Scena Musicale.

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A very polished recital

Posted on October 10, 2025 by operaramblings
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Soprano Karoline Podolak and pianist Rachael Kerr’s recital at the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto on Thursday afternoon featured seven languages and lots of coloratura.  Full review at La Scena Musicale.

Posted in Performance review - miscellaneous | Tagged kerr, la scena musicale, podolak, wmct | Leave a reply

The Laws of Nature

Posted on September 6, 2025 by operaramblings
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My review of Andrew Staniland’s highly experimental The Laws of Nature is now available at La Scena Musicale.

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Joyce DiDonato is Dido

Posted on September 5, 2025 by operaramblings
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My review of Il Pomo d’Oro’s CD of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Joyce DiDonato as the Queen of Carthage is now available at La Scena Musicale.

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