Singing Out!
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
NLS Music Section salutes Marian Anderson, African-American soprano for African-American month February, 2022.
Posted in: Braille Music, Metropolitan Opera, Performing music, Uncategorized
Category: Metropolitan Opera
Hello From the Planet Earth
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Noting the anniversary of the launch of the Voyager 1 spacecraft and music selected from the planet Earth.
Posted in: American Composers, Bach, Braille Music, Classical Music, Metropolitan Opera, Music History and Appreciation, NASA, NLS Music Section
A Salute to Divas
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
The noun 'Diva' has gained popularity in usage to describe some current pop female singers; but this title was used in the past for gifted opera sopranos as a sign of respect.
Posted in: Braille Music, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Metropolitan Opera, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section
One Name Only
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Today we are honoring a superstar in opera. You know someone is famous when they are referred to by only one name; Michelangelo, Beethoven, Bach, Picasso. And that is just a short list of artists and composers. What about performers? Who can possibly be ingrained in the memory of fans to be remembered by one …
Posted in: Audio, Metropolitan Opera, Music History and Appreciation, Performing music, Recordings
Opera Fans Know What’s Happening, but the Devil is in the Details or…Libretti for Everybody!
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Some of the Music Section’s most ardent patrons are operagoers. This comes as no surprise to other opera aficionados, but blind/low vision operagoers are usually not able to pick up a program in braille or large print and read a synopsis when they arrive at the theater; that is, until they (or the opera companies) …
Posted in: Braille libretto, Large Print, Libretto, Metropolitan Opera