217 Records celebrates 150 years of Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride”
Many people can still recite from memory these words from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s great poem Paul Revere’s Ride: “Listen my children and you shall hear / Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” Listen to Michael Maglaras recite this masterpiece of American poetry; this still-resonating call to citizen action. On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere […]
Annie Finch on Michael Maglaras
Don’t miss Annie Finch’s post on the Poetry Foundation’s blog: Audacity of Voice: The Poet as Actor, Michael Maglaras’ Hiawatha Marathon, and How I Made my CD. An excerpt follows below: Michael Maglaras is an professional reader-aloud of poetry. He trained as an opera singer, and he loves poetry, and one of the things he […]
Full house for Michael Maglaras poetry reading at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn
View photos at this link. On Sunday, April 18, Michael Maglaras, founder of 217 Records, performed a dramatic reading of excerpts from The Song of Hiawatha at the Longfellow Big Read at the Martha Mary Chapel at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts. This hour-long reading was performed with a full score of pre-recorded sound […]
This is not your grandmother’s “Hiawatha”
Longfellow’s best-loved poems to be read Sunday By Chris Bergeron/DAILY NEWS STAFF Apr 16, 2010 Though Henry Wadsworth Longfellow never spent a night at the Wayside Inn, the 19th century bard’s verse will resound through the Martha-Mary Chapel Sunday afternoon in dramatic readings of two of his best-loved poems. Former opera singer Michael Maglaras will […]
April 18: Longfellow Big Read features Michael Maglaras
MARK YOUR CALENDARSunday, April 18 — 4:00pmMichael Maglaras will perform a dramatic reading of excerpts from The Song of Hiawatha at the Longfellow Big Read at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts. This hour-long reading will be performed with a full score of pre-recorded sound effects and music by Native American musicians. Michael will also […]
“The Song of Hiawatha” and the Artist as Hero
Follow this link to read Michael Maglaras’s view on performing The Song of Hiawatha. A behind-the-scenes look at interpreting Longfellow’s masterpiece. On April 18, 2010 Michael Maglaras will perform a dramatic reading of this poem for the Longfellow Big Read. More information at this link.
Michael Maglaras talks about recording “The Song of Hiawatha”
In this short video clip, Michael Maglaras of 217 Records talks about recording Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem The Song of Hiawatha. In honor of the Longfellow Bicentennial, in 2007 217 Records released a limited edition 5-CD recording of this epic poem, read by Michael Maglaras and complete with a soundtrack of Native American drums, […]
Hear Michael Maglaras read Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride”
On April 18, 2010 Michael Maglaras of 217 Records will perform Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Paul Revere’s Ride, commemorating the significance of the 18th of April and the 150th anniversary of the publishing of this poem. This reading will be performed at the Longfellow Big Read in Sudbury, Massachusetts as a special encore following Michael’s dramatic […]
Longfellow Big Read Features Michael Maglaras
MARK YOUR CALENDARSunday, April 18 — 4:00pmMichael Maglaras will perform a dramatic reading of excerpts from The Song of Hiawatha at the Longfellow Big Read at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts. This hour-long reading will be performed with a full score of pre-recorded sound effects and music by Native American musicians. Michael will also […]
Longfellow Big Read – Schedule of Events
Click HERE for a printable schedule of the full calendar of events for the Longfellow Big Read. We are particularly excited about the Sudbury Savoyard dinner theatre event (March 26), the screening of Thomas Edison’s 1914 film “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” (April 8), and Michael Maglaras’ dramatic reading of “The Song of Hiawatha” […]