tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829 chickenfeet chickenfeet 2026-09-14T13:43:49Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1298872 2026-09-14T13:43:49Z 2026-09-14T13:43:49Z public 0 &nbsp;Ameliorate climate change or colonize Mars... which side are you on?<br /><br /><a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/09/14/walden/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/09/14/walden/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1298872" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1298467 2026-09-11T13:10:06Z 2026-09-11T13:10:06Z public 1 An opera about probably the first person to transition surgically from male to female<br /><br /><a href="https://myscena.org/john-gilks/cd-review-lili-elbe-tobias-picker/">https://myscena.org/john-gilks/cd-review-lili-elbe-tobias-picker/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1298467" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1298277 2026-09-10T12:27:38Z 2026-09-10T12:27:38Z public 0 &nbsp;Puzzling Eugene Onegin video from Madrid<br /><br /><a href="https://myscena.org/john-gilks/dvd-review-eugene-onegin-teatro-real-gustavo-gimeno/">https://myscena.org/john-gilks/dvd-review-eugene-onegin-teatro-real-gustavo-gimeno/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1298277" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1298105 2026-09-09T18:43:33Z 2026-09-09T18:43:33Z public 0 Jake heggie's "Intelligence" is part spy thriller, part mystery and part polemic against slavery. The Houston recording is excellent.<br /><br /><a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/09/09/a-spy-in-the-confederate-white-house/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/09/09/a-spy-in-the-confederate-white-house/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1298105" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1297874 2026-09-02T14:08:39Z 2026-09-02T14:08:39Z public 0 &nbsp;Louisa Lyne &amp; di Yiddishe Kapelye at Lula Lounge<br /><br /><a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/09/02/leonard-cohen-in-yiddish/&nbsp">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/09/02/leonard-cohen-in-yiddish/&nbsp</a>;<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1297874" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1297464 2026-08-29T17:21:41Z 2026-08-29T17:21:41Z public 0 &nbsp;Rusalka forsakes Brooklyn for Hollywood...&nbsp;<a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/29/rusalka-gritty-and-glam/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/29/rusalka-gritty-and-glam/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1297464" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1297379 2026-08-26T13:57:07Z 2026-08-26T13:57:07Z public 0 Interesting, abstract Maria Stuarda from Salzburg<br /><br /><a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/26/austere-maria-stuarda/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/26/austere-maria-stuarda/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1297379" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1296896 2026-08-21T14:03:23Z 2026-08-21T14:03:23Z public 0 Confluence Concerts annual young artists' intensive<br /><br /><a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/21/side-by-side-by-confluence/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/21/side-by-side-by-confluence/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1296896" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1296754 2026-08-18T11:00:04Z 2026-08-18T11:00:04Z public 0 <a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/18/date-of-performance/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/18/date-of-performance/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1296754" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1296427 2026-08-17T14:46:05Z 2026-08-17T14:46:05Z public 0 <a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/17/coc-summer-intensive-showcase/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/17/coc-summer-intensive-showcase/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1296427" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1296172 2026-08-15T14:09:02Z 2026-08-15T14:09:02Z public 0 <em>&nbsp;GPO Box No.211</em> is a highly abstract theatre/dance piece inspired b the imprisonment of a pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong<br /><br />https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/15/gpo-box-no-211/<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1296172" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1295992 2026-08-13T17:54:21Z 2026-08-13T17:54:21Z public 0 &nbsp;An intriguing mix of spken text and nature sounds<br /><br /><a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/13/james-harleys-wild-fruits/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/13/james-harleys-wild-fruits/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1295992" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1295734 2026-08-12T13:54:36Z 2026-08-12T13:54:36Z public 0 &nbsp;Boaz Barkan brilliantly interweaves a cadaver dissection and the history of his Jewish family to exlore how the body harbours and recycles racism.<br /><br /><a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/12/our-other-organ/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/12/our-other-organ/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1295734" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1295377 2026-08-11T16:26:23Z 2026-08-12T14:29:25Z public 0 <em>&nbsp;Blood Brothers</em>&nbsp;is a riff on the murder of Julius Caesar set in UoT's elite Delta Upsilon fraternity<br /><br />https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/11/blood-brothers/<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1295377" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1295232 2026-08-10T16:04:41Z 2026-08-10T16:04:41Z public 0 <a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/10/late-works-by-kaija-saariaho-on-cd/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/10/late-works-by-kaija-saariaho-on-cd/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1295232" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1294864 2026-08-05T17:23:19Z 2026-08-05T17:23:19Z public 0 Lawrence Brownlee and Erin Morley plus orchestra in a lovely bel canto recital<br /><br /><a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/05/golden-age-the-cd/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/05/golden-age-the-cd/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1294864" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1294716 2026-08-04T16:33:35Z 2026-08-04T16:33:35Z public 0 &nbsp;Excellent SACD release of Mark Adomo's witty and musically adept reworking of the Lysistrata theme<br /><br /><a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/04/mark-adamos-lysistrata/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/04/mark-adamos-lysistrata/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1294716" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1294402 2026-08-02T15:07:32Z 2026-08-02T15:07:32Z public 0 &nbsp;Nicole Dubinsky, Stephanie De Ciantis and Suzanne Yeo rock the Tranzac<br /><br />https://operaramblings.blog/2026/08/02/opera-sustenida-at-the-tranzac/<br /><br /><br type="_moz" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1294402" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1294222 2026-07-31T17:44:54Z 2026-07-31T17:44:54Z public 0 &nbsp;Lisette Oropesa and Juan Diego Fl&oacute;rez make a fabulous team in this video recording of Donizetti's &quot;Lucia di Lammermoor&quot; from La Scala<br /><br /><a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/07/31/brilliantly-sung-lucia-from-la-scala/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/07/31/brilliantly-sung-lucia-from-la-scala/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1294222" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1294001 2026-07-30T18:54:21Z 2026-07-30T18:54:21Z public 0 &nbsp;Dazzling Shostakovich and thoughtful Beethoven at TSM<br /><br /><a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/07/30/beethoven-and-shostakovich/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/07/30/beethoven-and-shostakovich/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1294001" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1293597 2026-07-20T14:39:37Z 2026-07-20T14:39:37Z public 0 &nbsp;This year's Dream in High Park presentation is a well acted, pacily directed Twelfth Night<br /><br /><a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/07/20/twelfth-night-in-the-park/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/07/20/twelfth-night-in-the-park/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1293597" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1293497 2026-07-17T13:32:54Z 2026-07-17T13:32:54Z public 0 &nbsp;Fabulous bel canto recital at Koerner Hall<br /><br /><a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/07/17/24-carat-golden-age/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/07/17/24-carat-golden-age/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1293497" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1293080 2026-07-16T12:31:41Z 2026-07-16T12:31:41Z public 0 <a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/07/16/the-imagined/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/07/16/the-imagined/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1293080" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1292871 2026-07-15T13:16:25Z 2026-07-15T13:16:25Z public 0 &nbsp;Sasha Cooke and Warren Jones in recital<br /><br /><a href="https://operaramblings.blog/2026/07/15/of-thee-i-sing-2/">https://operaramblings.blog/2026/07/15/of-thee-i-sing-2/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1292871" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:243829:1292639 2026-07-10T16:05:17Z 2026-07-10T16:05:17Z public 0 &nbsp;<a href="https://bachtrack.com/review-charpentier-les-arts-florissants-descente-orphee-toronto-summer-music-july-2026">https://bachtrack.com/review-charpentier-les-arts-florissants-descente-orphee-toronto-summer-music-july-2026</a><br /><br />#bachtrack<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chickenfeet&ditemid=1292639" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments