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Vivace Turns Three With A Little More Cowbell It’s been a wild ride, and it’s gone by way too fast, but USUO’s Vivace turned three over the weekend! If you haven’t heard about Vivace yet, it’s a...
View ArticleComposer of the week – Antonio Salieri
Happy Birthday to one of the great villians of classical music – Antonio Salieri. Salieri was born on August 18, 1750, but instead celebrated the day of his baptism (August 19) as his birthday. So...
View ArticleMusic Trivia – The Death of Lully
I have a small fascination with the different ways composers have died. With all the discussion and speculation about what caused Mozart to die, I wanted to share the accidental death of another opera...
View ArticleThe Men’s Fashion of La Boheme from the Costume Shop
As promised, here’s some of the men’s fashion from La Bohème. During the 30′s almost all the men would be wearing hats, so here are some of the assorted styles the men of the chorus will be wearing:...
View ArticleValentine’s Day
The one time I managed to convince my husband to go to the opera (Georges Bizet’s Carmen) with me, I thought that he would hear the songs and music and see the set and costumes and say, “You know, this...
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