Brilliant Minds

What Homer might have sounded like

Homeric performance was a solo song. Here is an excellent resource on what Homer might have sounded like when performing the Odyssey. The selection is from Book 8, where the bard, Demodokos, sings of Ares and Aphrodite: Homeric Singing.

Onegin at Dicapo Opera 2011

Tchaikovsky's music, Pushkin's poetry at Dicapo in April 2011:

http://www.dicapo.com/html/onegin.html

The Met's DVD with Fleming:

Summer Jazz - final week at Cooper

If you're in the mood for samba & jazz – Brazilian style – catch the last show of the season this Thursday at The Cooper Union. Here's the link for more info: Summer Samba & Jazz. The Rose Auditorium is a great venue for this music – elegant, relaxed, sophisticated. I got to Claudio Roditi's set last Thursday, and it made my week!