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Monthly Archives: December 2009

A New Period of Relevance

By CrewMantle | Published: December 30, 2009
As the clock winds down on this decade, the time has arrived to clearly state primacy in opera. Given COMMANDOpera has been live for nearer to 2 months, it would seem presumptuous to advise who did what best for the entire year past. Next year a full global picture will be illuminated for the readers of this [...]
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San Francisco Opera Broadcasts

By CrewMantle | Published: December 29, 2009
COMMANDOpera received this from the SFO during the holiday, and given the first broadcast occurs on the 3rd of January (at 8 P.M., which would make for an excellent move into the new year) you all need to know about it now. This particular Il Trovatore has an all star cast of the calibre which [...]
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Peace

By CrewMantle | Published: December 24, 2009
COMMANDOpera has begun to wind down for the holiday season. There will only be the occasional article until the New Year unless there is something of ‘breaking news’ importance to which case I will be on it full time. This is an interesting time of the year, as people continually head into it year after year not [...]
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