9 Giugno 2020: dialogo via Facebook con l’amico classicista Renato Benintendi. Il post di Renato SOTTO IL VELAME DE LI VERSI STRANI… Una delle più criptiche e belle frasi del latino medievale attribuita all’aquinate, nel convento di San Domenico di Salerno. Si sa solo che parla di una campana che preannunciava misteriosamente la morte incombente […]

Yes – Blackheath Halls, like so many all over the world, kept the flame of Art ablaze in this time of social blackout… so there, c-virus! Here’s a fantastic quarantine performance of ‘Tre sbirri, una carrozza’ from Act I of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, put together by Christopher Stark, the Musical Director of the Blackheath Halls Orchestra and James […]

In December 2016 Father Christmas gave me singing lessons as a present. After a few months at the local conservatoire, I found out that, next door to it, Blackheath Halls staged an annual Community Opera. Partly daunted, mostly enthusiastic, I joined in, wrote a post after every rehearsal and absolutely loved it. Three years on, […]