Neil Kurtzman

Today’s HD telecast of Puccini’s afternoon off – La Rondine – was a repeat of the production of 2009 but with a different cast. The composer’s attempt to write an Italian opera vaguely ...

https://medicine-opera.com/2024/04/la-rondine-in-hd-2024/

Mahler’s Second Symphony, The Resurrection Symphony, is one of the great works of Western Art. Titanic in its scale and overwhelming in its inspiration the demands it makes on a symphony orches...

https://medicine-opera.com/2024/04/lso-performs-mahlers-symphony-2/

Aprille Millo (b 1958) is an American soprano who became famous in her twenties. She appeared 161 times at the Met between 1984 and 2007. She was at her vocal peak between 1986 and 1996. Thereaft...

https://medicine-opera.com/2024/04/aprile-millo/

The title above is that of a new CD containing 23 selections sung by the late tenor. Why another Lanza disc when so many are already available? These have been remastered and converted to Digital...

https://medicine-opera.com/2024/04/golden-days-mario-lanza/

Screening for disease is not as straightforward as it may seem on cursory examination. Sometimes it does not influence the course of the screened for disease and other times it may cause more har...

https://medicine-opera.com/2024/04/screening-for-colon-cancer-in-older-adults/

Carlo Bergonzi (1924-2014) enjoyed a long career as a leading tenor with all of the world’s major opera companies. He was born in Polesine Parmense near Parma. During World War II he was an act...

https://medicine-opera.com/2024/04/carlo-bergonzi/

I couldn’t get to the live broadcast of this opera last Saturday. Accordingly, I went to the encore presentation today. Bart Sher’s production of Gounod’s opera was telecast by the Met in 2...

https://medicine-opera.com/2024/03/romeo-et-juliette-in-hd-2024/

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an advanced form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). NAFLD is caused by a buildup of fat in the liver and is the most common form of liver diseas...

https://medicine-opera.com/2024/03/fda-approves-first-treatment-for-nash/

Stroke Risk After COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccination Among US Older Adults is a study just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It examined the risk of stroke in a time period...

https://medicine-opera.com/2024/03/stroke-risk-after-covid-19-vaccination-among-older-adults/

Boulevard des Italiens is the title of French tenor Benjamin Bernheim’s second CD. Released in 2022 it offers 16 selections. The recital presents arias and one duet written by Italian composers...

https://medicine-opera.com/2024/03/benjamin-bernheim-boulevard-des-italiens/