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CDA: Prince Philip
I'd had my eye on this one for a while. 99 is pretty damn impressive! I'll say a prayer for Elizabeth, it really does seem to have been a...
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Apr 10, 20211 min read
Fabulous Friday: Marlene Dietrich
I always refer to Marlene Dietrich as "my first movie star." I discovered her sometime around the age of 12 when the local PBS station...
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Apr 9, 20211 min read
Pascal Le Boeuf premiere, April 5, 2021
I heard the online premiere of a solo piano piece by Pascal Le Boeuf on April 6, 2021 (it was streamed live online the night before). It...
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Apr 8, 20212 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for April 7, 2021
Our theme for the month is Germany and I'm starting with those two great masters of the Baroque, Handel and Bach, sung and conducted by...
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Apr 7, 20211 min read
LA Phil Sound Stage: season 2, first two episodes
The second season of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Sound Stage series opened with artistic director Gustavo Dudamel and his adorable...
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Apr 5, 20212 min read
Steven Banks, March 10, 2021
I heard a recital by saxophonist Steven Banks on April 1, 2021 (it was first dropped online on March 10, 2021). This was Banks’s debut...
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Apr 4, 20213 min read
Anthony McGill, March 9, 2021
I watched a concert online by Anthony McGill, the principal clarinetist of the NY Philharmonic. The concert was called *Cadence: The...
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Apr 3, 20212 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Helen Traubel
I'm dedicating April to Germany and naturally had hoped to find a mystery guest from Germany, but no luck. Everyone I found who looked...
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Apr 2, 20211 min read
Tamara Mumford, March 29, 2021
I heard Tamara Mumford in concert on March 29, 2021. She’s a young mezzo I’ve heard at the Met a few times, most memorably as The Pilgrim...
ladiesvoices
Apr 1, 20212 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for March 31, 2021
I'm closing out our French tribute with a look ahead to next month's trip to Germany: Diva: toy poodle Mensch: standard poodle I think of...
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Mar 31, 20211 min read
CDA: Malcolm Cecil & Larry McMurtry
My brother Howard requested a CDA tribute to Malcolm Cecil. He wrote this: ”Another electronic icon has died. Malcolm Cecil was an...
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Mar 30, 20211 min read
Met Orchestra Musicians, March 28, 2021
I heard the Met Orchestra Musicians in concert on March 29, 2021 (it had been live the day before). This concert was hosted by the divine...
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Mar 29, 20213 min read
*Titon et l’Aurore,* March 26, 2021
I watched *Titon et l’Aurore* online on March 26, 2021. It was a production from the Opéra Comique in Paris, done by Les Arts Florissants...
ladiesvoices
Mar 28, 20213 min read
CDA: Jessica Walter & Beverly Cleary
Two alerts from my mom. First, Jessica Walter. What a divine actress! 80 years old. She's best known for *Arrested Development,* and she...
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Mar 27, 20211 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Boléro" x 3
I'm ending our French Fridays with three wonderful performances of Ravel's "Boléro." First, my friend Jim Bingham recently sent me this...
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Mar 26, 20211 min read
CDA: Constance Demby, George Segal
My brother Howard alerted me to the death of Constance Demby, who he describes as "a titan of drone." She was 81. Here's a recent video...
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Mar 25, 20211 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for March 24, 2021
This French pair is a little abstract, but please stay with me: Diva: l'accent aigu Mensch: l'accent grave The accent aigu goes from...
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Mar 24, 20211 min read
*Die Tote Stadt,* March 21, 2021
I saw a production of *Die Tote Stadt* online on March 21, 2021. It was a performance from September 2018 from the Komische Oper in...
ladiesvoices
Mar 22, 20215 min read
CDA: Elsa Peretti
Thank you to Richard, Stephanie, and Howard for alerting me to the death of Elsa Peretti. As a Tiffany & Co. employee, I've become...
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Mar 21, 20211 min read
Kate Lindsey recital, March 14, 2021
I watched a recital online by Kate Lindsey and Baptiste Trotignon, done at La Scala. Kurt Weill was the center of the program, and they...
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Mar 20, 20215 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Nov 5, 2025
The 2023 Grammy for Best Pop Dance Recording went to Kylie Minogue for "Padam Padam." Diva: Minogue "Padam Padam" Mensch: Piaf "Padam Padam" I know, Edith Piaf is no one's idea of a mensch but Minogue and her team doing a song called "Padam Padam" seemed to imply a wink, a nudge, and a tip of the hat to the song by the same name by Miss Piaf. The unwritten (unintended?) tribute to Piaf is a mensch move.
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5 hours ago1 min read
CDA: Maria Riva
I was saddened this morning to read about the death of Maria Riva. She died last week at the age of 100. She was an actress and producer but best known as the only child of Marlene Dietrich. I always describe Dietrich as "my first movie star" - - the Milwaukee PBS station used to show a week of old movies starring the same person in summer afternoons and I was maybe 12 or 13 when they showed a week of Dietrich movies. I was a goner. Riva wrote a startling biography of her mot
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2 days ago1 min read
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