by Barry Lenson | Jun 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Guest Post by Zach VanderGraaff As a musician and music teacher, I love music of all kinds, and classical music is one of my favorite genres. There’s something about the depth of emotion and feeling classical music imparts that isn’t always reached in popular music...
by Barry Lenson | May 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Opera Joe Interviews the Stars of the Upcoming Verdi Chorus Concert The Verdi Chorus Spring 2022 Concert, “Hélas mon Coeur” Featuring arias and extended excerpts from Verdi’s Ernani and Macbeth, Beethoven’s Fidelio, Ponchielli’s La Gioconda,...
by Barry Lenson | Mar 24, 2022 | Donna Weng Friedman, Kim D. Sherman, Uncategorized
Peaceful, vibrant images enter your mind as you listen to Donna Weng Friedman’s recorded performance of Quiet Poems, three piano works by the composer Kim Sherman. How did these two highly creative women find each other and cooperate to produce this very moving...
by Barry Lenson | Mar 17, 2022 | Bellini, Festival Opera, Norma, Uncategorized
How does a small, highly innovative opera company not only bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic, but return in triumph? To find out – as well as to learn about some performances that you won’t want to miss if you live in northern California – you...
by Barry Lenson | Dec 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Two-time Emmy nominee Andrew Giles Buckley took time from the California shore, where his newest documentary is having its West Coast premiere, to talk to Opera Joe of Classical Archives. The new documentary is called “Stephano: The True Story of...
by Barry Lenson | Dec 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
About Sean Hickey Born in Detroit, Michigan, Sean Hickey’s earliest music education began at age 12 with an electric guitar, a Peavey amp, and a stack of Van Halen records, the early ones of course. He studied jazz guitar at Oakland University, later graduating with a...
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