Category Archives: opera

six gunshots

The audience for the ROH’s recent production of Lulu were warned that they would hear these towards the end of the first scene of Act II (though if you don’t already know that this work contains gunfire, you probably also … Continue reading

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MusicFest, Oxford and WNO

The Bath International Music Festival has started – not that it’s easy to tell if you walk around Bath. Apart from four banners decorated by children hanging on the south side of the Abbey, I’ve seen no street decorations at … Continue reading

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What happened in April

I apologise for the relative lack of postings recently. There’s less incentive to write when you know fewer people are going to read it, and the blog stats still aren’t anywhere near the levels they used to be before it … Continue reading

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why is spam like opera?

As I’ve mentioned before, I have modified the Movable Type code to block spammers’ comments, at which I’m reasonably successful (to judge by the record of failed attempts in the activity log). The conditions of use of this software don’t … Continue reading

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