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 →