Cange’s Corner

Seemingly as quickly as it began, the Santa Fe Opera 2010 summer season has ended.  On August 28,  the final performance of the somewhat controversial Tales of Hoffmann was rendered; an overwhelming standing ovation followed; a very nice end-of-season party was enjoyed by all (courtesy of the management); and the…

Among the many fine memories I have of my late brother (whose personage I rarely mention current day, since his untimely passing was over 30 year ago) was his love for a variety of music.  I recall very clearly that Mac Davis was among his favorite singers in the popular/country…

With only two weeks left before we settle the 2010 Santa Fe Opera season, there are still a few surprises for audiences, and we veterans alike, to experience--namely the two Apprentice Scene Programs, the first of which was last night (Sunday, August 15), the next of which will be next…

The first week of August in Santa Fe can be nerve-wracking for some singers.  "The reason", you may ask?  "The World", would be my answer.  The month of August, but this first full week specifically, is the point at which all the opera productions are now on-stage.  Rehearsals have ceased,…

After numerous requests, and after 10 years of the same boring ol' website; it was time for the technically reserved David Cangelosi to get into the 21st century.  I have to admit that the time had most definitely come!!  So after meeting with my point person at Sanctuary Media Group…

The Santa Fe Opera maintained two traditions that are now synonymous with its 2010 summer season last night: The first was getting an opening night performance (of yet another new production) successfully on stage; the other was doing so amid foul weather.  As penetrating threads of lightening splintered the cryptic…

With the 'sting' of the recent home invasion still smarting and annoying me, one has to believe that at one point things will balance themselves out with the universe....right??  Wrong!!!  Please read the text of an email I sent to the head of the housing department here at the Santa…

After attending Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, part of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival's summer season, I felt compelled to write about it...so moving was the entire event. I hesitated momentarily because I felt that perhaps I couldn't be completely objective as I am currently working with Paul…

Opening night of Lewis Spratlan's Pulitzer Prize winning opera, Life is a Dream, was somewhat of a subdued affair. Unseasonably cold and wet weather loomed, as did a sense of trepidation, in my opinion, as to how the opera would be received. In a world where Nobel Prize Awards, Academy…

Not really sure what I am seemingly complaining about in the title of this post. We rehearsed Hoffmann at the 'Santa Fe Opera standard' of 3 weeks or so. But it was nothing short of amazing what Christopher Alden has done in that short amount of time for such a…

Well, imagine showing up to your first orchestra dress to discover that one of the main players in your cast has decided to leave the production....after working and rehearsing for almost 4 weeks!!  Well this is exactly what happened as Gidon Saks decided he was not up to the task…

The first run through of Hoffmann onstage today (July 10) was a bag of mixed emotions.  Less than 24 hours earlier I returned to the home in Santa Fe to which I was assigned, to find it had been broken into and robbed rather thoroughly.  Paul Groves wondered why I…