HOWDY AND WELCOME!
Dedicated to my own personal patron saint of music, my life partner, Celia...

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Opera: La Pupura de La Rosa
First opera written in the new world, by Tomas Torrejón y Velasco, Lima Peru, 1659

This is a video segment from the show in which I played the role of "Desengano", on a pair of 3' stilts.

Review: Ex Machina's Production of Torrejón y Velasco's La Púrpura de la Rosa 1994

"As the allegorical figure Disenchantment, Brian Manlove strolled out on stage on stilts as if they were natural parts of his body at birth. His voice was menacing, and the continuo group growled around in the low register perfectly reflecting Disenchantment's infelicity."

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Opera: CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, 1993

This is a video segment from the show featuring Aaron Copeland's The Tender Land in which I played the role of "Grandpa."

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Vocal Classical and Oratorio

Dvorak Biblical Songs, #5: I shall sing new songs of gladness

Bach Cantata, Ich Halte Jesum Feste

Handel, The Messiah: The Trumpet Shalll Sound

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Acoustic Guitar

A three-tune medley, single-track recorded on a hand-held Edirol mp3 recorder

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