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Mates of State @ Toad’s Place (New Haven, CT)

by John Varrone | May 22nd 2008, 12:12 PM
Posted in Live Review |Mates of State
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With a “play anywhere, anytime” approach to live shows, Mates of State (MOS) made their way over to Toad’s Place in New Haven, CT this past Friday (May 16) to put on one heck of an amazing performance.

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Show Review – Peabody’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)… just like an NYC opera

by John Varrone | March 16th 2008, 9:34 AM
Posted in Live Review |Met |Mozart |Opera |Peabody |The Magic Flute
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Thanks to our newest contributor, J. Varrone for this review of Peabody’s performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

From March 12 until March 15, 2008, the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University performed Mozart’s The Magic Flute, held at 7:30pm each night in the conservatory’s Friedberg Hall. The entire opera was performed in German and featured students of the graduate and undergraduate level. With a sell-out performance each night I was glad to have purchased my tickets early, especially for Wednesday’s opening performance. Having seen several renditions of The Magic Flute prior to this one, I was eager to see Peabody’s take on Mozart’s renowned opera.
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