Monthly Archives: March 2013

Recording of the Week – Die Tote Stadt

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 9th March 2013

This week’s Recording of the Week is a DVD release by Arthaus Musik of the Deutsche Oper of Berlin’s 1983 production of Erich Korngold’s (1897-1957) Die Tote Stadt. The video was shot in the theater, but without an audience allowing for  TV values that would not have been then possible were the recording been made during…


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First Friday Photos and No Parsifal Review

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 2nd March 2013

As I am under both doctor’s and dentist’s orders to avoid contact with Parsifal under any circumstances there will be no review of today’s telecast (scheduled to end Wednesday) of Wagner’s final opera. Instead here are the photos that were exhibited yesterday at the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra’s headquarters. The photos will be on view throughout…


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