Tag Archives: Michael Recchiuti

A time of reckoning for opera

By Michael Recchiuti It is a time of reckoning. Issues concerning the abuse of power in matters of politics, race, and sex have been brought to a superheated boil in this pressure cooker that is life in the time of … Continue reading

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COMING OUT OF THE TUNNEL: TOWARD A CLEAR VIEW OF OPERA IN OUR TIME

BY MICHAEL RECCHIUTI The worldwide pandemic of 2020-2021 succeeded  in accomplishing what years of shrinking, progressively less sophisticated audiences, graft laden internal politics, destructive national policies, and sheer administrative incompetence could not; the total shutdown of operatic performance around the … Continue reading

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VENERABLE BRONX BUSINESS SENDS 600 HAMS FOR CHRISTMAS DINNERS TO UNEMPLOYED MUSICIANS

By Michael Recchiuti JANUARY 8, 2021 NEW YORK Eddie Teitel loves Broadway shows. Since the pandemic shut the theaters he has missed his trips downtown, leaving the shop in the Bronx early, throwing on a jacket and tie, driving into … Continue reading

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Opera lovers, rejoice: The Lorin Maazel Castleton Institute is born!!

We are proud to announce the birth of the Lorin Maazel Castleton Institute. Its aims are to prepare new opera performers and opera students for a stage appearance by giving them tools that have not been offered until now. More … Continue reading

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“1900: Looking Back, Looking Forward” has great success

Once again, the partnership between Maestro Michael Recchiuti at the piano and the astoundingly beautiful soprano Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs brought a magnificent concert to the world. I say to the world because besides being performed at the National Opera Center of … Continue reading

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“In Opera, We Like To Breathe…”. How A Great Master Class Can Change The Views On Opera…

By Tiziano Thomas Dossena From my perspective, having neither reputable vocal capability and experience nor any sizable knowledge of music other than a deep appreciation of opera, attending an Opera Master Class would have been an unthinkable and irrational action … Continue reading

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Masterclass with Mo. Michael Recchiuti and Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs

La Sirena Productions presents a Masterclass with Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs & Mo. Michael Recchiuti Gurari Studios @ The National Opera Center Friday, January 12, 2018 7:00 to 9:00pm 330 7th Ave. NY, NY 10001 And streaming LIVE ONLINE Six singers will be selected to participate … Continue reading

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DONAUDY’S DOCUMENTARY BY MAESTRO MICHAEL RECCHIUTI

Stefano Donaudy (Palermo, February 21, 1879 – Naples, May 30, 1925), son of a French father and an Italian mother, was a minor Italian composer active in the 1890s and early 20th century, at a time when Palermo, his native … Continue reading

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Verdi’s Bicentennial Celebration in Rockport, Massachusetts.

Free Community Live Opera Concert. The past August 11th, at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, in Rockport, Massachusetts, a free Community Live Opera Concert titled “GIUSEPPE VERDI: HIS HEROES AND VILLAINS” was offered to a large audience, proving once more … Continue reading

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