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David Browning

David Browning

David Browning is a blogger and opera lover, board member and occasional advisor to some of New York City's small opera companies, and some time singer himself. Although he trained for a career in opera, a life as a technology consultant found him.

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Great Scott: modern bel canto at Dallas Opera

By David Browning, 01 November 2015

A new bel canto opera, a pro football team, and the future of American Opera--all in a day's work for Heggie, McNally, DiDonato, and von Stade.

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Great Scott: modern bel canto at Dallas Opera

By David Browning

He knew why the caged bird sings: Charlie Parker's Yardbird at Opera Philadelphia

By David Browning, 07 June 2015

Great performances by Lawrence Brownlee and Angela Brown in a fantasia on Charlie Parker's life and death.

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He knew why the caged bird sings

By David Browning

Stephanie Blythe and Warren Jones delight at Carnegie Hall

By David Browning, 15 May 2015

With a witty and adventurous program and dazzling performances of each song, Stephanie Blythe and Warren Jones did not disappoint.

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Stephanie Blythe and Warren Jones delight at Carnegie Hall

By David Browning

An air of decay: Don Carlo opens at Opera Philadelphia

By David Browning, 24 April 2015

Some very fine singing and beautiful, if sometimes confusing, visual effects in Opera Philadelphia's Don Carlo.

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An air of decay: Don Carlo at Opera Philadelphia

By David Browning

Verdi's Don Carlo at the Met

By David Browning, 30 March 2015

Great singing from veterans and some visually stunning effects light up the Met's revival of Hytner's 2010 production of Verdi's Don Carlo.

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Verdi's Don Carlo at the Met

By David Browning

Much beautiful singing at The Met's NCA finals, with some standouts

By David Browning, 22 March 2015

A delightful opportunity to hear nine young singers at The Met, all of whom will likely have fulfilling careers.

Much beautiful singing at The Met's NCA finals

By David Browning

A new cast impresses in the Metropolitan Opera's Tales of Hoffmann

By David Browning, 11 March 2015

Great singing and acting from the Met's Tales of Hoffmann second cast.

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A new cast impresses in Hoffmann

By David Browning

Good singing and pop references in Curtis Opera Theater's Ariadne auf Naxos

By David Browning, 04 March 2015

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale about a great conservatory production of Ariadne auf Naxos, with wonderful singing and visual delights aplenty.

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Curtis Opera Theater's Ariadne auf Naxos

By David Browning

Vienna Philharmonic and Westminster Choir in a sublime Brahms Requiem

By David Browning, 01 March 2015

The Vienna Philharmonic, the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Diana Damrau and Christian Gerhaher present a sublime Brahms Requiem on a snowy Sunday afternoon.

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A sublime Brahms Requiem in New York

By David Browning

Opera Philadelphia's Oscar disappoints despite strong performances

By David Browning, 06 February 2015

Outstanding vocal performances and Oscar Wilde's own words don't save this new opera based on his incarceration at Reading Gaol.

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Opera Philadelphia's Oscar disappoints

By David Browning

Gala opening to The Merry Widow at The Metropolitan Opera

By David Browning, 31 December 2014

Only the slightest of quibbles with a fun, frothy new production of The Merry Widow at The Met.

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Gala opening to The Met's The Merry Widow

By David Browning

A disappointing performance of Copland's The Tender Land in Brooklyn

By David Browning, 06 December 2014

Good singing, but a disappointing production of Copland's rarely performed The Tender Land.

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The Tender Land in Brooklyn

By David Browning

Julie Taymor's Magic Flute returns to The Met

By David Browning, 06 October 2014

Excellent singing and a stunning debut win out over relentlessly clever visual effects.

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Julie Taymor's Magic Flute returns to The Met

By David Browning

Almodóvar influenced Barbiere in Philadelphia

By David Browning, 26 September 2014

Visually and vocally beautiful, but the case for updating the setting of this story is not made.

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Almodóvar influenced Barbiere in Philadelphia

By David Browning

A welcome reprise of Zeffirelli's La Bohème at the Met

By David Browning, 23 September 2014

Zeffirelli's La Bohème at the Met never fails to charm. Balance issues aside, a beautifully sung performance by a very capable cast.

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A welcome reprise of Zeffirelli's La Bohème at the Met

By David Browning

Ariadne in Naxos in New York update at Glimmerglass Festival

By David Browning, 22 July 2014

The Glimmerglass Festival's updated Ariadne in Naxos contains comedy, character and great singing.

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Ariadne in Naxos: more Rockefeller than Esterhazy

By David Browning