[William's Note: the following interview with tenor Brandon Jovanovich was conducted on the "ranch" of the Santa Fe Opera for which Jovanovich is performing the role of Pinkerton in the 2010 summer festival's new production of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly".] Wm: You grew up in Yellowstone County, Montana and went to college near Arizona’s Grand Canyon. [...]
Entries from July 2010
Rising Stars: An Interview with Brandon Jovanovich
July 31st, 2010
Tags: 2008-2012 William's Interviews
Arthur Bloomfield’s Guest Commentary on mid-20th Century Conductors, Part 2: Fritz Reiner
July 24th, 2010
This is a continuation of Guest Commentator’s Arthur Bloomfield’s “time machine” journey back to the early and mid-20th century to explore the works of great conductors of the age. The journey began at Guest Commentator Arthur Bloomfield: “A Great Time Machine Trip”. The second part of his journey begins here: Now our Machine zips back [...]
Tags: Blazing Batons with Arthur Bloomfield
Kaduce’s Incandescent Cio Cio San, Jovanovich’s Injudicious Pinkerton, Emblazon Blakeley’s “Butterfly” – Santa Fe Opera, July 16, 2010
July 23rd, 2010
Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” is the Santa Fe Opera’s signature work, having been the first performance by the company in 1957 and having opened new houses in 1968 and 1998. The opera’s host city in Northern New Mexico takes pride in its 16th century European ties that precede the birth of opera, yet the State of [...]