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Classical 101The death of soprano Jessye Norman last week at the age of 74 was as widely reported in the international press as the passing of Luciano Pavarotti in…
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The women — eight singers and a dancer — told The Associated Press that the opera titan tried to pressure them into sexual relationships by offering them jobs.
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Classical 101Ron Howard's new Pavarotti film fails to make us feel much for its subject, and does little to bolster the magical, complicated art called opera.
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Classical 101I first heard Verdi’s opera Rigoletto on a record I got from the library in my hometown, over fifty years ago.The first performance of Rigoletto I…
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Classical 101When Luciano Pavarotti died in 2007, I cried. He wasn’t a relative. My name would have meant nothing to him. I had seen him many times, but from a great…
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Classical 101Ask most any singer today what they were first taught to sing, and they'll produce a beat-up copy of a yellow-covered volume from G. Schirmer called 24…
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Classical 101We just can't resist when puns are involved.This time last year, we saw some classical-music-themed valentines and decided to try our hand at creating…
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Join guest host Christopher Purdy for a discussion about arts in Columbus. GuestsKorine Fujiwara, composer of “The Flood” Peggy Kriha Dye, Artistic…
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Join All Sides Weekend guest host Christopher Purdy as we discuss the arts scene in Columbus.Guests: Mark Lomax II, drummer, composer, educatorAdam…
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Classical 101Harry Lawrence Freeman was arguably the most important African-American composer of opera working during the era of the Harlem Renaissance.The Cleveland…