Showing posts with label Walton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Walton. Show all posts

Saturday, April 4, 2009

A List of Operas that Use the Word "Blockhead" in the Libretto (UPDATED)

1. The Bear, William Walton 2. What Next?, Elliott Carter 3. King Arthur, Henry Purcell. (Dryden musta been on FIRE that day.)
Did I miss any? And no, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is not technically an opera.

Nun of the Above

On my way to her first opera,  Hildegard,  on Friday night, I was thinking again about Sarah Kirkland Snider’s music, and how I might descri...