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Rodgers & Hart: My Romance
I have always been a huge Doris Day fan. She is the whole package. Hysterical,...
Eric Maschwitz & Manning Sherwin: A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
I spent the first week of January visiting my 90-year-old great aunt in San...
NYFOS@Juilliard 2020: Day 5
I was out of sorts today. I had to get up uncharacteristically early (5:30...
NYFOS@Juilliard 2020: Day 4
We had visitors today, two people I was especially looking forward to meeting....
NYFOS@Juilliard 2020: Day 3
One picture, worth 1000 words: Santiago Pizarro showing Leonardo Granados some...
NYFOS@Juilliard 2020: Day 2
I don’t know how Adam Cates and Mary Birnbaum do it. They are able to sustain...
NYFOS@Juilliard 2020: Day 1
We had our first day of rehearsal today for this year’s NYFOS@Juilliard show,...
Theo Hoffman
Baritone Theo Hoffman, an NYFOS Emerging Artist alumnus and member of NYFOS's...
Loudon Wainwright III: Eight Nights A Week
We seem to be living in the age of the "reboot," when people can't get enough...
Michelle Citrin: Hanukkah Lovin
Over the last hundred years, Hanukkah has swelled in significance and...
Flory Jagoda: Ocho Kandelikas
Jewish communities can be found all over the world and can be heard speaking...
Benedetto Marcello: Maoz Tzur
This medieval poem so closely associated with Hanukkah is often sung to a...
Moishe Oysher: Happy Hanukkah
Hot a gitn Khanike! This week we're sampling just a smattering of Hanukkah...
Donizetti: Il dolce suono
I seem to have spent the week writing about bel canto singing without posting...
Bill Evans & Tony Bennett perform “A Child Is Born”
I’ve been ruminating about bel canto all week—not just the sometimes...