Wednesday, January 15, 2014 by Matt DeStefano
Andrew review’s VOX 3 Collective’s Chicago premiere of Denmark’s national opera, Carl Neilsen’s Maskarade.
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Andrew’s guest is pianist and writer Jeremy Denk, who was in town for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Keys to the City Piano Festival. Jeremy’s new album Ligeti/Beethoven is out now on the Nonesuch label.
Studs discusses his book AND THEY ALL SANG: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey.
"It is the only interview that I know of done with Studs where he discusses in detail his passion for opera and opera singers including Rosa Raisa, Lotte Lehmann, and "his" diva, Claudia Muzio. Studs also talks about his disc jockey days in general and the music editions of The Best of Studs Terkel on WFMT. We play opera scenes with Raisa, Lehmann, Muzio, and a song by Woody Guthrie as well." -Andrew
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It’s a great show! I feel that you have captured the show very well, and we look forward to singing for you! I hope you enjoy it!
“Du som fryser derude kom in og vaer gaest!”
Thank you for talking about Neilsen’s Maskarade.
I never saw or heard any other publicity, so I would not have known about it otherwise. My sisters and I trooped down there on a brutal night
and had a wonderful time. It warmed, as we say,
the cocktails of our hearts. Thanks, Andrew.