Billie Corgan’s Mellon Collie opera debuted over the weekend
It’s hard to pick the definitive Smashing Pumpkins album, but I’m guessing most people will go wtih 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. That record has proved to be
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This production of Sancta Susanna is not your parents’ opera. It is TOTALLY crazy. Let me explain.
Opera is one of those artforms that, try as I might, just doesn’t speak to me. Believe me, I’ve tried. This German production, however, may prompt me to try it
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Random music news for Monday, October 14, 2024
It’s Thanksgiving here in Canada, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t music news for October 14, 2024. more music news? Look here. BONUS: The most interesting cover I’ve seen in
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Are these the world’s most expensive underpants? Is this the world’s cheapest look at music news for October 3, 2023? More music news? Check here. BONUS: Into deep Beatles weirdness?
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The Blob Opera Experiment
It’s a Google thing. If you’ve ever wanted to get into opera, this timesuck might be the way to do it. Start here. (Via Rick J)
Read MoreRandom music news for Monday, February 20, 2023
We’ve all had arguments with our significant others, but probably nothing like this. Ponder that as you look through music news for February 20, 2023. More music news? Check here.
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An opera based on the last days of Kurt Cobain? Yes.
Way back in 2005, director Gus Van Zant released a film called Last Days, a sad movie based the final days of a depressed doomed rock star and obviously inspired
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, April 9, 2022
I gotta get me one of these anti-Putin pro-Ukraine t-shirts. And this one is cool, too. (Via Oreo). Now let’s get into music news for April 9, 2022. Could Ukraine
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Random music news for Tuesday, July 9, 2019
It’s that time of year when I contemplate giving up on growing grass in the back yard. Two dogs will do that. Off to music news for July 9, 2019.
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Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera Is Coming to Toronto
This November, Toronto opera and rock fans alike can enjoy Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera. Based on the lyrics and music of Roger Waters’ The Wall, this operatic
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Sunday is the perfect time to enjoy this operatic performance by Walter the French bulldog
His full name is Walter Geoffrey. He’s a French bulldog with an oddly musical yelp, something that has been remixed into a variety of forms such as this. Walter likes
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