Yesterday I received the season brochure from the Met Opera Guild: on Wednesday, January 3 07, Gunn and other singers involved in the production will have a...
It's been a while since I've posted here. Things have been incredibly hectic! Patrick, glad to hear that you made it back safely from Bayreuth and that you...
Hi Elizabeth, Nice to hear from you and happy-almost-birthday (it's the end of this week, right?). Glad you enjoyed L'Italiana -- I think that's the production...
Patrick, Oh my goodness, looks like your birthday is today!!! Technically there are still three more hours left here on the west coast, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Hi Elizabeth, I hope your Hawaii trip works out -- maybe by next week travel at least will be back to normal. Things can change in a moment (for instance, I...
... they're going ... I will definitely plant that idea in their heads - what's a birthday without cake?? Hmmm...now if Nathan would sing Happy Birthday it ...
Patrick -- Please tell me all about Bayreuth and about other travels in that area. I have been out of touch all summer -- my shoulder replacement, which has...
Patrick (or anyone else in the bay area), Do you happen to know if any San Francisco Opera performances are being streamed live over the internet? Our station...
Hi Elizabeth, Unfortunately the SF Opera performances are still not broadcast, either on radio or via the Internet. In fact a few years ago the local...
Hi Clare, So sorry to hear about your health problems! Take good care. I hope you are now recovered enough to enjoy the new opera season. My hotel in Bayreuth...
Barbiere isn't being broadcast, but I just remembered that the Met, as I'm sure you've heard, is planning to show several operas in movie theaters; one of them...
Wow, that is really unfortunate that they don't broadcast the performances, especially with all the great singers that perform there. At least the Met...
Hi Patrick, I have been practically living within the confines of my office for the past two weeks and haven't been able to keep up with anything, so this is...
Hi Elizabeth, I'm sure information on the Met/movie theater broadcasts is on line somewhere, I just haven't been able to find it after I read your note asking...
Hi Elizabeth, I did find the article from the NY Times that a friend sent me in September about the Met movie house thing -- this gives you the basic overview....
Thank you for the information, Patrick! I actually did find the Met's press release about this: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/news/press/detail.aspx?...
PBS is getting worse and worse about showing classical music (or jazz, or bluegrass, or gospel, or anything but baby boomer pop), which is a major reason I ...
Thanks! I've already placed my order. You'd think that with all the Amazon searching I do I would have come across this, but I hadn't. Patrick ... for...
This Saturday, November 25, NPR World of Opera is broadcasting the Houston Grand Opera "L'Incoronazione di Poppea" in which Gunn plays Ottone. It's an...
Unfortunately I'll be out of town, otherwise I would probably be able to get a recording for you, Patrick. I'd also like to wish everyone a very Happy...
"A great line-up of performers is set to take the stage at the Lincoln Center tree lighting ceremony Monday. * * * "Baritone Nathan Gunn is one of the...
The December Opera News (with Domingo and the First Emperor on the cover) features several photos of Gunn as Papageno and also features him in the "singer...
Does anyone have a copy of the Met's Broadcast of An American Tragedy? I taped it last year but the tape ran out. Please let me know, willing to pay a...
If you missed Nathan's performance at the tree lighting, there is video here: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story? section=entertainment_guide&id=4741427. Also,...
This is what I get for going to the opera two nights in a row and getting home way too late -- I thought you wrote you were seeing a Magic Flute set in Vegas....
Thanks for both links Elizabeth! I missed the tree lighting broadcast on TV, so it was great to have a chance to see it on the web. And how cool is it that...
