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On this day in history… December 27 1825 – 1st public railway using steam locomotive completed in England between Stockton and Darlington 1831 – HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs England for South America 1871 – World’s first cat show (Crystal Palace...

In how many operas does the heroine drink poison and then go lengthily mad? Only Tsar’s Bride comes to mind. But also: In this opera, the baritone is fought over by two adoring women. That happens to tenors all the time—and, in Mozart, to basses—but...

The Lamentation Entry from Grove Music Online Lamentations. The Old Testament verses of mourning of the prophet Jeremiah (Threni, Lamentationes), portions of which were sung in the Roman Catholic liturgy until around 1970 as lessons for the first...

http://www.kzmu.org/listen.m3u ~ Use this link to access the show online Bill Evans Trio - The Village Vanguard Sessions - (1961) MP424 Bill Evans – piano, Scott LaFaro – bass, Paul Motian – drums 1. Detour Ahead (Carter, Ellis, Freigo) Andrew Hill...

Detail from “The love potion” by Evelyn De Morgan (1903). The tangled tale of Aqua Tofana is intimately connected to the “criminal magical underworlds” that flourished in the 17th century. Swarming with dubious alchemists, self-proclaimed sorcerers and...