Tag: music
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How Music Came Into My Life
I never listened to lullabies. My mother, a lawyer and lyric singer—a Wagnerian soprano—used to sing alongside Birgit Nilsson.And yet, those voices did not disturb me. They were, simply, music. Music for my ears,for my heart,and for my soul. These were the only recordings that existed in my home when I was a child. They…
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Esclarmonde: A Voice That Rewrote the Work
Even the name breathes allure and mystery. There is a persistent tendency to approach Esclarmonde as one more late-19th-century operatic artifact—an exotic, Wagner-tinted fantasy shaped by spectacle, orchestral richness, and sensual dramaturgy. But this perspective, while not incorrect, remains fundamentally incomplete. Esclarmonde is not merely a work built upon a libretto. It is, more radically,…
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