Blier’s Blog: September 2, 2013

by | Sep 2, 2013 | Blier's Blog

I am no techno-geek, but I admit to a fascination with Spotify. I love old opera recordings, and am at my happiest flossing to Elizabeth Grümmer singing the Freichütz aria or taking out my lenses as Miliza Korjus warbles a Strauss waltz, complete with insane cadenza...
Blier’s Blog: October 15, 2012

Blier’s Blog: October 15, 2012

by | Oct 15, 2012 | Blier's Blog

I had two experiences with opera last week, and in different ways they both involved water. The first was the new Met production of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore, which struck me as the soggiest performance of that work I’d ever seen. It was hard to diagnose what put...