Notes from the Aisle Seat Episode 2.18 - The ”Full Bloom” Edition

Welcome to Season 02 Episode 18 - the "Full Bloom" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, a podcast featuring news and information about the arts in northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia.

This episode features interviews with Dr. Robert Strauss on Live at the Met's Don Giovanni, Mr. Jeff Adams on the Chautauqua History Lectures presentation "Brotherhood of the New Life," and Mr. Rick Mascaro  discussing the Juicebox Organic One-Act Festival at the Lakeshore Center for the Arts in Westfield.

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Time Stamps (approximate):

• Don Giovanni/Dr. Robert Strauss 1:45
• Brotherhood of the New Life/Mr. Jeff Adams 19:43
• Arts Calendar 37:11
• Juicebox Organic Festival/Mr. Rick Mascaro 39:45

Media:

• "A Beautiful Morning," performed by the Rascals, written by Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati, from the album Time Piece: The Rascals' Greatest Hits, Atlantic, 1968
• "Là ci darem la mano" from the opera Don Giovanni; W.A. Mozart, composer; Lorenzo Da Ponte, libretto; from the 2023 Metropolitan Opera House production, with Peter Mattei as Don Giovanni and Ying Fang as Zerlina; Ivo van Hove, director; Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
• "New Life", performed by Olivia Branch Walker, written by Shirley A. Walker, from the album Sunday Classics, Atlanta International Records, February 2017.
• from the overture to Don Giovanni (K. 527), composed by W.A.Mozart, performed by Dresden Staatskapelle, Hans Vonk, conductor, 1986
• "What a Wonderful World (Original Spoken Intro Version)," performed by Louis "Satchmo" "Pops" Armstrong, written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss, ABC Records, 1967, 1970.

Artist Links:

• Dr. Robert Strauss
  • Metropolitan Opera House
• Mr. Jeff Adams/Darwin R. Barker Historical Museum
• Mr. Rick Mascaro/Lakeshore Center for the Arts

North Shore Arts Alliance Art Trail Website

North Shore Arts Alliance Facebook page

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