Opera Rocks

Hahahaha! I'm thinking there are a couple of s...

2012-05-29T17:18:39.392+02:00

Hahahaha! I'm thinking there are a couple of singers who'd like to join you in that sentiment. Toi toi toi for Santa Fe! And I'm seeing you in Carmen at the Met--really looking forward to it!

I wish you all the best and hope to hear you in St...

2012-05-28T10:54:04.409+02:00

I wish you all the best and hope to hear you in Stuttgart next season.
Thomas

That's the spirit! Gute Besserung!

2012-05-27T20:18:14.097+02:00

That's the spirit! Gute Besserung!

There a some people playing a false play. Good luc...

2012-03-27T16:43:04.742+02:00

There a some people playing a false play. Good luck for you and all my best wishes. Brigitte.

YES YOU DID. And shame on your for looking! :-)

2012-03-26T17:29:58.453+02:00

YES YOU DID. And shame on your for looking! :-)

did... did I just get Rickrolled by Andrew Richard...

2012-03-26T17:28:34.828+02:00

did... did I just get Rickrolled by Andrew Richards?

You and Chris Maltman singing that wonderful duet ...

2012-03-26T16:23:09.322+02:00

You and Chris Maltman singing that wonderful duet should be thrilling.

Have you seen his "Juan" film - something to watch on your nights off? A very bold take on Don G

Toi toi for it all Andrew

Will come one Sunday in May to see the show. The c...

2012-03-26T14:46:03.106+02:00

Will come one Sunday in May to see the show. The cast is amazing: Maltman, Petrenko, Gubanova, and of course yourself [Nylund could be good too.]
This will be a high profile show and I'm sure this will give you an extra kick.

Good luck and keep us posted ;)

Cheers

OMGWTFBBQ! Rickrolled on Opera Rocks!

2012-03-26T13:38:12.363+02:00

OMGWTFBBQ! Rickrolled on Opera Rocks!

The art of detatchment is a very hard one to learn...

2012-03-11T15:17:46.732+01:00

The art of detatchment is a very hard one to learn I think.

Of course its an old joke in the British theatre, that when asked how he found motivation for the horrors of his role, the actor replied that he just learned the lines and tried not to bump into the furniture!

Looks good on Safari (Mac). Also nice to see the ...

2012-03-10T23:21:30.687+01:00

Looks good on Safari (Mac). Also nice to see the calendar right there.

It looks nice on Firefox (Mac OSX 10.6). I especia...

2012-03-10T13:32:36.513+01:00

It looks nice on Firefox (Mac OSX 10.6). I especially like seeing your calendar right on the first page!

Looking good on Firefox & Chrome. Love the smo...

2012-03-09T21:39:37.626+01:00

Looking good on Firefox & Chrome. Love the smokin' photo!

Andrew, are you familiar with St. John of the Cros...

2012-03-03T02:05:46.473+01:00

Andrew, are you familiar with St. John of the Cross and the Dark Night of the Soul? Because that's exactly what it sounds as if you've experienced. And who better than Matthew Ward to help you put a period on it once you've climbed back up out of the hole? Almost didn't believe it when I saw this here, because Matt did the same thing for me once -- only in his incarnation as the

Dear Andrew, I have to say a word of encourageme...

2012-02-21T11:09:12.634+01:00

Dear Andrew,

I have to say a word of encouragement for "late comers", after your somewhat black picture. Starting a new path at the age of near forty gives you a tremendous emotional advantage: you make an effort because you enjoy the whole process, it is not about the money, it is not about fame, because after all, you are more aware that they might not come; but you won&

This was a great moment in the show, and Tim is su...

2012-02-20T19:34:35.451+01:00

This was a great moment in the show, and Tim is such a star. Well there are so many songs I could quote at you Andrew -

"No one is alone" Sondheim

"Youll never walk alone" R&H

are just two of my favourites. look forward to hearing more about Battaglia.

I was intrigued that you removed what ever you wrote after I posted you the

Dear Andrew, I have been reading you again since...

2012-02-20T10:18:19.710+01:00

Dear Andrew,
I have been reading you again since quite some time. I discovered your blog (ànd you and your singing) after that very special Monnaie Parsifal. How strange you keep referring to it, also the pics keep coming back. Funny, because it was a production of which images & impressions keep coming back to the mind as well (from the audience point of view). As I read then, it

@lotos-eater B.Z. 24.01.2012, Interview Martina Ka...

2012-02-19T11:43:38.491+01:00

@lotos-eater
B.Z. 24.01.2012, Interview Martina Kaden with Calixto Bieito: Nudity was the idea of Vincent Wolfsteiner!

Grüße aus Regensburg

A musical education for me, too! Thanks for sharin...

2012-02-19T01:23:06.482+01:00

A musical education for me, too! Thanks for sharing these influences and your thoughts on them. I would love to hear you skewer, I mean write about, the inanity of recent "praise choruses" with your customary blend of honesty and hilarity.

Makkin' is (I thought) vernacular for "ma...

2012-02-17T19:46:27.308+01:00

Makkin' is (I thought) vernacular for "making out with." But then again, I've been known to be WAY off in my vernacular. I might have just made that word up.

Laura, thanks for your comments here. I have had several friends move from Exclusive Brethren to Orthodoxy or Catholicism. Your draw to it is very much understood by me, and others from our background. Lately, I&

"I miss a Christianity that is less about mak...

2012-02-17T17:08:59.615+01:00

"I miss a Christianity that is less about makkin' with Jesus (listen to any 'Praise Chorus' written in the last 20 years and you'll know what I mean), and more about Jesus' radical words. I couldn't stomach singing songs that was make out music masquerading as Religious."

Not sure what "makkin'" is -

I cut my Christian teeth

Hey! I know Matthew Ward! He and his sisters made ...

2012-02-17T16:59:26.758+01:00

Hey! I know Matthew Ward! He and his sisters made up the 1970s CCM group, 2d Chapter of Acts. You're right - he DOES ROCK!
(And having exploded with that bit of excitement, I'm going back to read the rest of the blog post, now. Thank you.)

2012-02-17T16:14:02.020+01:00

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Andrew, I had a Catholic upbringing in the 60s, nu...

2012-02-17T16:09:33.367+01:00

Andrew, I had a Catholic upbringing in the 60s, nuns and Christian Brothers, and this was the sort of song about Heaven that we learned -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EorfrCm25UQ&feature=related

We were never taught about "other religions" in any way, so I never stop learning.

Thanks for posting Almaviva!

2012-02-16T23:47:56.652+01:00

Thanks for posting Almaviva!