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...
The initial announcement from the Met implied that there would be (or maybe it was just could be) some future DVD release or TV broadcast, but I haven't heard...
Hahaha! That gave me a good laugh. Papageno's birds are actually Vegas showgirls and the "sugar lump" he is after is, well, NOT sugar. Oh, and Sarastro is...
... Makes a lot of sense to me--Vegas showgirl costumes often use feathers for whatever coverage they get :-). Sarastro and the Queen of the Night could be ...
... feathers for ... Night could be ... Ooh, I like that, Ken! The Steve Wynn/Sheldon Adelson rivalry brought to the opera stage! And if Nathan were Papageno...
... Yes, I thought Nathan would fit right in costumed as a Chippendale dancer, but I was being discreet and leaving that part out <g>. Ken in TX [Non-text...
Review excerpt: CD Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia amazon.co.uk <http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FL88GC/johnrpierceco-21> "There have been...
It's still up here: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=entertainment_guide&id=4741427 In the box that says Video towards the bottom right of the page...
I know this is NNR (Not Nathan Related), but I thought it was an interesting story nonetheless. I wanted to get your input on it. Was Roberto Alagna right to...
... Well, not having been there it's impossible to say exactly how bad the catcalls were, but it seems kind of playing into your detractors' hands to abandon ...
I like Roberto Alagna's voice, but honestly i don't think all the roles he'd taken fit him well, particularly Radames. And that's perhaps why the very critical...
Alagna and his wife seem to feel that Temperament comes before the music. It really doesn't. \ Roberto has proved it once again. [Non-text portions of this...
Does anyone remember that Renee Fleming went through a similiar experience in Italy on her first appearance there? I can't remember whether it was La Scala or...