Anna Netrebko Sings Verdi: A Wonderful CD Anna Netrebko, one of the outstanding sopranos of our day, performs a wide and challenging range of roles from the operas of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) in this CD, released last summer (2013) by Deutsche Grammophon. You can hear selections from five operas here: MacBeth (five tra...Read more

Heleen van den Hombergh Heleen van den Hombergh is a wonderfully talented Dutch jazz vocalist who, alas, doesn't have much of a following in the English-speaking world. Above I've linked you to a performance of "Orange Blossom Scent," and of course I...Read more

Michael Jackson's Children (Prince Michael II, Paris Jackson, Prince Michael Jackson) Sometimes I wonder when Michael Jackson b...Read more

Bruno Bartoletti (Sesto Fiorentino, 10 June 1926 - Florence, 9 June 2013]) Bruno Bartoletti, for decades a towering figure in the American operatic landscape, passed away this June. Fo...Read more

Stearns Square Hosts Journey Tribute Band: Who Was Journey? A Journey tribute band, The Great Escape, played recently at Stearns Square, an outdoors summer venue in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts. I'm afraid I don't have any video of that performance to share with you. I do have video...Read more