Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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George Frideric Handel’s “Alcina”: A candybox of baroquen and mended hearts
August 10, 2017Over the past 30 years Santa Fe has returned repeatedly to the operatic works of George Frideric Handel.
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“The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs”: A new opera tapped for greatness?
August 8, 2017Jobs will undoubtedly long remain a figure much studied and speculated about, divisive and complicated, heroic and pathetic.
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Banned in Moscow! Rimsky-Korsakov’s last opera “The Golden Cockerel”
August 7, 2017Santa Fe Opera deserves warm plaudits for restoring this provocative, forward-looking Russian gem.
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Anarchist activist Sam Dolgoff lovingly remembered by his son
July 25, 2017In 71 bite-sized chapters of Left of the Left: My Memories of Sam Dolgoff, Sam’s son Anatole discusses his father’s relationships with famous figures of the left, and those not so well known.
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Hershey Felder’s “Our Great Tchaikovsky,” musical biography and pro-gay manifesto
July 24, 2017"Our Great Tchaikovsky" is a combination of musical gems—not just the all-time hits such as The Nutcracker and The 1812 Overture, but also some precious pianistic miniatures.
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Writer/actor Austen Jaye portrays Harry Belafonte’s civil rights commitment
July 20, 2017Despite its drawbacks it is well worth the experience of this shared humanity.
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Ionesco’s not so absurd “Rhinoceros” warns of the fascist takeover
July 20, 2017"More than half a century later, I’m seeing a lot of clumsy horned creatures smashing their way through the halls of Congress. They belong in a zoo!"
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The musical “Animal Farm,” buoyantly dark allegory of a lost utopia
July 18, 2017The big takeaway for us is not to believe that all revolutionary movements will eventually devolve into their opposites and turn into a new enslavement.
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