Aug
28
Don't Dream It, Be It !
This week, the world lost Dolly Parton. So many others have written such wonderful tributes to her that I can&
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Patrick Hansen
May
15
Gratitude & Bikes & Plans
This year was lots of fun!
In addition to the shows my program at McGill produced, I had experienced my
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Mar
24
1% problems
Back to that 1 percent, and I'm not talking billionaires...
We need to stop valuing opera by celebrity
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Mar
12
Opera: A New Hope
My last blog "The Cultural Extinction of Opera" discussed a Once and Future Opera where our audiences are
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Feb
20
The Cultural Extinction of Opera
This is a big subject and this is a rather long blog. Apologies. I didn't want to treat
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Dec
05
Loud Wins?
LOUD WINS?!
Should the loudest singer be judged to be the best singer?
Obviously not.
But if my two days
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Oct
12
Artistic Director
This fall I began a new adventure: Artistic Director for TriCities Opera in Binghamton, NY
To say I'm
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Jun
30
Are you ready?
"Stop waiting to feel ready. Ready is not a feeling. It's a decision." - Blaise Ticha
"
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May
30
Bigger may not be better...
Yes, I'm a stage director who conducts, a conductor who writes libretti, a blogger who teaches at a
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Mar
14
A Last Lecture ossia Implementing Change
First, watch Graham Weaver's YouTube on "How to live an asymmetrical life".
It might seem like
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