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About operaman
Name
Stephen LlewellynBio
Stephen Llewellyn worked with Portland Opera for nearly four years and still produces this blog on a weekly basis. You may see him manning the Portland Opera table at the Metropolitan Opera High Definition transmissions where he enjoys chatting with like-minded Saturday morning opera fans. Do stop by and say 'hello'. He has been a barrister in Hong Kong, a professional folk singer and classically-trained tenor. He makes a mean zabaglione, and cries easily and frequently at opera performances.
Opera and Other Links
The Rest is Noise - Alex Ross of the New Yorker
What I Am Reading
In Patagonia (Bruce Chatwin)
Memoirs (Da Ponte)
The Librettist of Venice (Bolt)
Ship Fever (Andrea Barrett)
Le Grand Meaulnes (Alain-Fournier)
Beethoven. Letters, Journals and Conversations
The Cuckoo's Egg (Cliff Stoll)
The Mauritius Command (O'Brian)
What I am listening to as I write this week's post...
Nixon in China (new recording)
Vanessa (Barber)
John Martyn
Leon Redbone Christmas Album
Christmas With The Yours (Elio)
Mozart Requiem (arr. for String Quartet)
Tosca (Callas)
Till Eulenspiegel (Strauss)
Bar Tender! Another Glass please...
Such was the popularity of the first video in our occasional series Front Row, Center that my chum Bob Kingston and I sat down on Saturday morning and talked about Philip Glass and Orphée. In order not to test you patience and attention span too much we divided our chat into three segments and I present them here for your delectation and edification. The music you hear under the credits is taken from a recording of the Orphée Suite for solo piano, arranged by Glass and transcribed and performed by Paul Barnes.
I apologise for the background noise being as intrusive as it is. Next time we will do it at a quieter time of day, okay?
Who actually attends a performance of a Philip Glass opera?
Why it really doesn't all sound the same - whatever people may have told you
New does not equal 'scary', it equals 'exciting'
And you know how very much I would appreciate hearing your thoughts on all of this.
If you check back here in a day or two I shall have another post for you with my usual bag of odds and ends. In the meantime be happy and productive.
Operaman - Interesting and
Operaman -
Interesting and illuminating discussion!! Thanks so much. Portland audiences are lucky to have this resource, and I hope it will continue for the full season! Cheers.
Thank you, singdaw! Bob and
Thank you, singdaw! Bob and I are expecting to do one of these for each production this year and I hope you will keep coming back to see what is going on here.