operanerd's reviews
543 reviews

Candide of het optimisme by Hans van Pinxteren, Voltaire

5.0

Medea by Euripides, Liz Lochhead

5.0

De graaf van Montecristo by Alexandre Dumas

5.0

Bossypants by Tina Fey

1.0

Simon's Cat by Simon Tofield

3.0

Bel Canto: The Teaching of the Classical Italian Song-Schools, Its Decline and Restoration by Lucie Manen, Brian Trowell

3.0

Most of the topics discussed in this book were concise and elaborately illustrated, laying out the subject clearly in one's mind and allowing the reader to mentally breathe/sing along with the explanations as if one were in a voice lesson. However, some chapters (mostly the really short ones of two pages) left me more confused than I every was prior to picking up this booklet. I was especially boggled by the chapter "Voice Types and Vocal Timbres" - apparently Manèn was able to switch between light, lyric, and dramatic soprano by switching the position of her tongue from the consonants B, D, and G. What. Okay. Is there any footage of that..?

Daar is hij weer by Timur Vermes

3.0

Witty, but a bit tiresome after a while.

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama

4.0

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

4.0

Postcards From The Edge by Carrie Fisher

4.0