Philipp Lojak
@thelowjack.bsky.social
musicologist / composer
opera then and now
PhD student @Yale University
opera then and now
PhD student @Yale University
My presentation about the Teatro Amazonas at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society went really well!! It’s a pity, though, that the conference room was utterly uninstagramable.
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My presentation about the Teatro Amazonas at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society went really well!! It’s a pity, though, that the conference room was utterly uninstagramable.
Jago from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Otello would have good chances for a great career in the Republican Party.
October 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Jago from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Otello would have good chances for a great career in the Republican Party.
The APA has required capitalization after colons for years. As a colon-sucker, I embrace the CMOS move towards standardization.
August 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The APA has required capitalization after colons for years. As a colon-sucker, I embrace the CMOS move towards standardization.
August 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I found a market study claiming that the opera "MArket"/"marekt" (sic) will grow 5-7% annually over the next 8 years. I WAMT to take seriously. So much.
July 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I found a market study claiming that the opera "MArket"/"marekt" (sic) will grow 5-7% annually over the next 8 years. I WAMT to take seriously. So much.
Props to the people who were brave enough to agree in this survey.
As an opera scholar, I have to admit: Yes, opera often is boring. Yes, opera often is difficult to understand. But this is the beauty of the art form. It is our society that endows both attributes with a negative meaning.
As an opera scholar, I have to admit: Yes, opera often is boring. Yes, opera often is difficult to understand. But this is the beauty of the art form. It is our society that endows both attributes with a negative meaning.
July 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Props to the people who were brave enough to agree in this survey.
As an opera scholar, I have to admit: Yes, opera often is boring. Yes, opera often is difficult to understand. But this is the beauty of the art form. It is our society that endows both attributes with a negative meaning.
As an opera scholar, I have to admit: Yes, opera often is boring. Yes, opera often is difficult to understand. But this is the beauty of the art form. It is our society that endows both attributes with a negative meaning.
May 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I have so many question.
May 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I have so many question.
I WANT A POSTER OF THIS!!!
Anathasius Kircher's model of the Earth's internal fires, from Mundus Subterraneus.
Anathasius Kircher's model of the Earth's internal fires, from Mundus Subterraneus.
May 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I WANT A POSTER OF THIS!!!
Anathasius Kircher's model of the Earth's internal fires, from Mundus Subterraneus.
Anathasius Kircher's model of the Earth's internal fires, from Mundus Subterraneus.
The hostile take-over of the Kennedy Center
Threatening cultural institutions
Deliberate exclusion of certain identities from taking institutional roles
Funding Policies
etc.
Now available: My analysis of the state of culture in the US right now.
www.nmz.de/politik-betr...
Threatening cultural institutions
Deliberate exclusion of certain identities from taking institutional roles
Funding Policies
etc.
Now available: My analysis of the state of culture in the US right now.
www.nmz.de/politik-betr...
April 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The hostile take-over of the Kennedy Center
Threatening cultural institutions
Deliberate exclusion of certain identities from taking institutional roles
Funding Policies
etc.
Now available: My analysis of the state of culture in the US right now.
www.nmz.de/politik-betr...
Threatening cultural institutions
Deliberate exclusion of certain identities from taking institutional roles
Funding Policies
etc.
Now available: My analysis of the state of culture in the US right now.
www.nmz.de/politik-betr...
The most egregious think I heard in a while: Elon Musk is literally buying the election in Wisconsin.
He spent more money on this race than the campaign of both candidates combined.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/p...
He spent more money on this race than the campaign of both candidates combined.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/p...
April 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The most egregious think I heard in a while: Elon Musk is literally buying the election in Wisconsin.
He spent more money on this race than the campaign of both candidates combined.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/p...
He spent more money on this race than the campaign of both candidates combined.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/p...
Although I denounce the DEVASTATING symbolical impact of the cessation of DEI initiatives, academia should question its candor if they thought that these programs were apt to make anything better with DEI statements being their major feature.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/e...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/e...
March 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Although I denounce the DEVASTATING symbolical impact of the cessation of DEI initiatives, academia should question its candor if they thought that these programs were apt to make anything better with DEI statements being their major feature.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/e...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/e...
News from the MAGA Crime Family. Apparently X threatens advertising partners with political consequences if they don't spend more on X. Musk is abusing his power.
Granted, it's all still vague. But as Elon always says?
...concerning!
Source: WSJ
Granted, it's all still vague. But as Elon always says?
...concerning!
Source: WSJ
February 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
News from the MAGA Crime Family. Apparently X threatens advertising partners with political consequences if they don't spend more on X. Musk is abusing his power.
Granted, it's all still vague. But as Elon always says?
...concerning!
Source: WSJ
Granted, it's all still vague. But as Elon always says?
...concerning!
Source: WSJ
Husserl looks as if he were US president...
January 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Husserl looks as if he were US president...
It’s shivering cold in New Haven, but the sun helps.
January 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It’s shivering cold in New Haven, but the sun helps.
Society for Music Theory: I'm shocked that it seems necessary to make a policy on interviews in hotel bed rooms....
January 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Society for Music Theory: I'm shocked that it seems necessary to make a policy on interviews in hotel bed rooms....