Monthly Archives: February 2015
Report of the Dietary Guidelines Committee
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 22nd February 2015The Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has just been released. At 571 pages it is a mind boggling compendium of recommendations and data that go far beyond diet alone. It’s useful as a source of information concerning almost every aspect of American life remotely connected with food and health. You want…
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Iolanta and Bluebeard in HD
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 14th February 2015The Met sent an unusual duo around the world this afternoon – Tchaikovsky’s last opera Iolanta and Bartok’s only opera Duke Bluebeard’s Castle; the Met omitted Duke from the title. This run of the Tchaikovsky was the first time the opera was done by the Met. The reason was Anna Netrebko in the title role,…
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New Dietary Guidlines
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 12th February 2015They’re at it again. The federal government is about to issue new dietary guidelines, the first since 2010. The actual report is not yet available, but some of its contents has been leaked to the press. The committee charged with writing the guidelines is an interesting one. There are three physicians on it – a pediatrician, an…
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Michael Fabiano – 2014 Richard Tucker Award Winner
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 11th February 2015Michael Fabiano received the 2014 Richard Tucker Award a few months ago. The 30 year old tenor has already sung at many of the world’s major opera houses. The great American tenor after whom the award is named had never performed in any opera house when he was 30. The Richard Tucker awardee sings in a gala held…
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Jonas Kaufmann’s First Andrea Chenier in London
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 2nd February 2015On January 20 The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden mounted its first new production in 30 years of Giordano’s opera Andrea Chenier. The reason for the opera’s reappearance was Jonas Kaufmann’s initial performance of the title role. Right thinking critics turn up their noses at Chenier – actually they come close to regurgitating when they think…
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