The Mystery Man

Something has really been bothering me recently.  I have a ticket to see the Michigan Opera Theatre put on a production of a modern opera, The Passenger, at the Detroit Opera House this month.  The composer of the opera is a man named Mieczysław Weinberg, and the thing that bothers me is that I didn’t... Continue Reading →

The Big Seven, Something Different and A One Night Stand

Captain’s Log, Stardate 11-2015 Anyone who has followed my humble attempts at a blog here knows I have been listening to a great deal of Mozart’s music in recent months.  Most recently, I have been swimming in Mozart operas.  Currently I am working my way through the seven of Wolfgang’s 22 operas that have stayed... Continue Reading →

The Music of Language

The biggest hole in my education is the knowledge of other languages, besides my native English.  Seriously, it is a wide gaping expanse that you could drive a truck through.  I know just enough Italian, German, French or Spanish to start a bar fight in some of the best pubs and cafes in Europe.  My... Continue Reading →

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