Michael Lee
@operapage.bsky.social
Music writer; recovering former academic and broadcaster; civil servant; Lulliste; made in Aotearoa/NZ, living in Dublin
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Call for papers, deadline 1 December 2025. Proposals for the SMI's combined annual conference with the RMA and the EADH (29 August - 1 September 2026, Queen's University Belfast) are now warmly invited. Details at musicologyireland.com/events/confe...
Annual Plenary Conference, jointly with the RMA and the EADH, Autumn 2026 | Society for Musicology in Ireland
musicologyireland.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Call for papers, deadline 1 December 2025. Proposals for the SMI's combined annual conference with the RMA and the EADH (29 August - 1 September 2026, Queen's University Belfast) are now warmly invited. Details at musicologyireland.com/events/confe...
Back in the Gaiety for INO's L'elisir d'amore #donizetti
May 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Back in the Gaiety for INO's L'elisir d'amore #donizetti
Streetscape - shop signs on Parnell Street, Dublin 1, on 16 March 2025
March 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Streetscape - shop signs on Parnell Street, Dublin 1, on 16 March 2025
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“If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.”
Terse, acute analysis of the new America and its implications in the @financialtimes.com
h/t @davidhartwell.bsky.social
Terse, acute analysis of the new America and its implications in the @financialtimes.com
h/t @davidhartwell.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
“If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.”
Terse, acute analysis of the new America and its implications in the @financialtimes.com
h/t @davidhartwell.bsky.social
Terse, acute analysis of the new America and its implications in the @financialtimes.com
h/t @davidhartwell.bsky.social
Sunset over the Royal Canal
January 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sunset over the Royal Canal
So now Cardiff's excellent, well-resourced music dept (and nursing, ancient & modern languages, the list goes on...) is to go, just like that. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
Cardiff University job cuts as 400 roles at risk and courses set for axe – live
Staff say they are in shock as nursing, modern languages, and music are among degrees under threat with 400 jobs academic jobs at risk
www.walesonline.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So now Cardiff's excellent, well-resourced music dept (and nursing, ancient & modern languages, the list goes on...) is to go, just like that. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
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Horrid news mooted for colleagues, students and prospective students at Cardiff. The fact that the 2 Departments named here as potentially closing are Music and Nursing speaks volumes, if accurate, to the structural nature of the crisis, and its likely impact (extending from Arts to Medicine).
Huge job cuts announcement 'imminent' at Cardiff University
Martin Shipton Staff at Cardiff University fear huge job cuts are about to be announced by a senior management team that has already spoken of an “immediate existential crisis”. Briefings are due to b...
nation.cymru
January 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Horrid news mooted for colleagues, students and prospective students at Cardiff. The fact that the 2 Departments named here as potentially closing are Music and Nursing speaks volumes, if accurate, to the structural nature of the crisis, and its likely impact (extending from Arts to Medicine).
January 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Stunning winter light at Glendalough today
January 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Stunning winter light at Glendalough today
The incoherent policy on the arts and specifically on cultural spaces in Dublin (despite all the expertise available here) never fails to disappoint...
As more hotels and office blocks rise up, where are Dublin’s promised cultural spaces?
The capital has entrusted commercial ventures with a chunk of its cultural future but some of the earmarked facilities are sitting empty
www.irishtimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The incoherent policy on the arts and specifically on cultural spaces in Dublin (despite all the expertise available here) never fails to disappoint...
The Paper of Record excelling here, and in a column about culture too. (A 'crescendo' isn't a point of arrival, you can't 'build' to it, check a dictionary, etc.)
December 31, 2024 at 1:20 AM
The Paper of Record excelling here, and in a column about culture too. (A 'crescendo' isn't a point of arrival, you can't 'build' to it, check a dictionary, etc.)
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This is terrific by @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social and hat tip @paulduane.bsky.social for bringing it to us
December 30, 2024 at 1:32 PM
This is terrific by @merrillmarkoe.bsky.social and hat tip @paulduane.bsky.social for bringing it to us
Nice coffee, but is my land of origin a myth now? #mapswithoutnewzealand
December 28, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Nice coffee, but is my land of origin a myth now? #mapswithoutnewzealand
Delighted to see our specially-themed issue of Early Music, 'Lully in London' ❤️ - it's taken a while! academic.oup.com/em/issue/52/2
December 28, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Delighted to see our specially-themed issue of Early Music, 'Lully in London' ❤️ - it's taken a while! academic.oup.com/em/issue/52/2
Not the most photogenic of days, but a pleasant walk all the same.
December 26, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Not the most photogenic of days, but a pleasant walk all the same.
'The most notorious episode in the history of conducting is the death of Jean-Baptiste Lully. However, the source has been partially misunderstood...' Good to see this tale brought to account at last. Is it time to start taking this composer seriously? boydellandbrewer.com/blog/music/b...
Before the Baton
Peter Holman discusses his new publication: Before the Baton, only on Proofed, a Boydell and Brewer blog. Sign up today for more articles.
boydellandbrewer.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:47 PM
'The most notorious episode in the history of conducting is the death of Jean-Baptiste Lully. However, the source has been partially misunderstood...' Good to see this tale brought to account at last. Is it time to start taking this composer seriously? boydellandbrewer.com/blog/music/b...
Dublin Bay this morning. Howth in the distance.
December 3, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Dublin Bay this morning. Howth in the distance.
Delighted to sing Charles Stanford's Requiem at Dublin National Concert Hall with the NSO tonight - a hugely underrated work! Should be on the RTÉ player soon...
November 22, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Delighted to sing Charles Stanford's Requiem at Dublin National Concert Hall with the NSO tonight - a hugely underrated work! Should be on the RTÉ player soon...
In Bordeaux, every night, the sparrows in the trees beside the opera house try to out-sing their neighbours
November 15, 2024 at 10:42 PM
In Bordeaux, every night, the sparrows in the trees beside the opera house try to out-sing their neighbours
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For those just joining, one handy feature of @bsky.app is the #StarterPack - a list of recommended follows. Here are a few on the theme of classical music: go.bsky.app/VBPHW7a
November 10, 2024 at 12:52 PM
For those just joining, one handy feature of @bsky.app is the #StarterPack - a list of recommended follows. Here are a few on the theme of classical music: go.bsky.app/VBPHW7a
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Sign the Petition
Since the announcement of closure we received from the Board, we wish to continue this organization's legacy within the community and urge the public to sign this petition to support us. Newpark Music...
chng.it
May 25, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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Great to be back in Lyon - such a lovely city...
March 19, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Great to be back in Lyon - such a lovely city...
Apparently there's a shortage of cats here? This is Theo. He doesn't care to have his photo taken, or to be picked up. And he won't sit on anyone's lap.
January 28, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Apparently there's a shortage of cats here? This is Theo. He doesn't care to have his photo taken, or to be picked up. And he won't sit on anyone's lap.
I enjoyed visiting Lisbon last week, a very photogenic city!
January 14, 2024 at 9:35 PM
I enjoyed visiting Lisbon last week, a very photogenic city!