Monthly Archives: January 2012

Politicized Piazzolla: Long Beach Opera presents provocative “Maria de Buenos Aires”

Astor Piazzolla: “Maria de Buenos Aires” at Long Beach Opera Review by David Gregson, January 30, 2012.  Photos by Keith Ian Polakoff “Yo soy Maria de Buenos Aires / de Buenos Aires Maria ¿no ven quién soy yo? Maria Tango, … Continue reading

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San Diego Opera Presents an Involving “Salome”

San Diego, Saturday, Jan. 28 Review by David Gregson Few passages in the history of opera evoke erotic ecstasy with an intensity to equal those sensational final utterances of “Salome” in which Richard Strauss’s monstrous anti-heroine proclaims, “Ah! Ich habe … Continue reading

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