Micaela Baranello
@micaelab.bsky.social
musicologist (asst prof, Temple University), Philadelphia’s 36th leading SEPTA Route 2 busfluencer. she/her.
hot take: I know they were a fad but I think they've gone around to being underrated. love them in a sandwich.
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
hot take: I know they were a fad but I think they've gone around to being underrated. love them in a sandwich.
my cousin makes an amazing one every year, she claims it’s not too hard
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
my cousin makes an amazing one every year, she claims it’s not too hard
Marching band at Temple is mostly extracurricular (unlike more hardcore football schools where many music students choose the program for the band) but some music majors participate and a few of mine are there
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Marching band at Temple is mostly extracurricular (unlike more hardcore football schools where many music students choose the program for the band) but some music majors participate and a few of mine are there
You have to read it as an operetta and/or as an allegory for the Gründerzeit Dual Empire for it to make sense IMO
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
You have to read it as an operetta and/or as an allegory for the Gründerzeit Dual Empire for it to make sense IMO
I found a lot to enjoy about that performance.
Conducting at the end was unforgivably rushed, though
Conducting at the end was unforgivably rushed, though
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I found a lot to enjoy about that performance.
Conducting at the end was unforgivably rushed, though
Conducting at the end was unforgivably rushed, though
At one point in Act 2 I was like “this is so operetta” and then I remembered I published an entire academic article about how Arabella has an operetta libretto
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
At one point in Act 2 I was like “this is so operetta” and then I remembered I published an entire academic article about how Arabella has an operetta libretto
Every opera should have a two-minute yodeling break
Norma? Add yodels
Pelléas? Needs more yodeling
Lulu? Maybe already has yodeling, only George Perle knows for sure
Norma? Add yodels
Pelléas? Needs more yodeling
Lulu? Maybe already has yodeling, only George Perle knows for sure
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Every opera should have a two-minute yodeling break
Norma? Add yodels
Pelléas? Needs more yodeling
Lulu? Maybe already has yodeling, only George Perle knows for sure
Norma? Add yodels
Pelléas? Needs more yodeling
Lulu? Maybe already has yodeling, only George Perle knows for sure
This production has not sold well at all but, you know, maybe they shouldn’t do an Otto Schenk production from 1983
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This production has not sold well at all but, you know, maybe they shouldn’t do an Otto Schenk production from 1983
Par for the course from Konieczny, very well acted and the singing is not bad
I have seen him sing Wotan twice and still can’t spell his name, Polish is not my métier
I have seen him sing Wotan twice and still can’t spell his name, Polish is not my métier
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Par for the course from Konieczny, very well acted and the singing is not bad
I have seen him sing Wotan twice and still can’t spell his name, Polish is not my métier
I have seen him sing Wotan twice and still can’t spell his name, Polish is not my métier
Little unsteady from Rachel Willis-Sorensen, some of it glorious but it’s like she has 20% more voice than she knows what to do with
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Little unsteady from Rachel Willis-Sorensen, some of it glorious but it’s like she has 20% more voice than she knows what to do with
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I thought all the gold was referencing the Met itself but judging by the rest of the show I may have been overthinking things lol
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I thought all the gold was referencing the Met itself but judging by the rest of the show I may have been overthinking things lol
The hats in this production
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The hats in this production
That thing I said about the Konzept not being bad? I take that back
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
That thing I said about the Konzept not being bad? I take that back
Beczala has been doing this forever and still sounds fresh most of the time and Yoncheva has not been doing this forever and does not
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Beczala has been doing this forever and still sounds fresh most of the time and Yoncheva has not been doing this forever and does not
The Konzept of this production isn’t bad but the Personenregie is truly inept
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The Konzept of this production isn’t bad but the Personenregie is truly inept
There’s a recording! I liked it fine though most of the interest is in its timing (immediate post WWII)
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
There’s a recording! I liked it fine though most of the interest is in its timing (immediate post WWII)