The Music Stops
"How do you keep the music playing?How do you make it last?How do you keep the song from fadingToo fast?" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, "How Do You Keep the […]
Opera
“The Love Suicides at Sonezaki” at the White Light Festival
by Steven Pisano (© Hiroshi Sugimoto/Courtesy of Odawara Art Foundation) 2019 marks the 10th anniversary season of Lincoln Center's White Light Festival, offering works from around the world in music,
“The Love for Three Oranges” at Opera Philadelphia
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Opera Philadelphia's recent production of Sergei Prokofiev's "The Love for Three Oranges" was a frothy, fun concoction, less an opera than a
A Quick Visit to The Ring at The Met
After Tuesday's NY Phil concert with Semyon Bychkov leading the U.S. Premiere of Thomas Larcher's colorful, surprisingly tonal Symphony No. 2 "Kenotaph", I took a chance and walked across Lincoln
Janacek’s “Diary of One Who Disappeared” at BAM
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The Czech composer Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) is perhaps best known in this country for his operas Jenufa and The Cunning Little Vixen,
American Symphony Orchestra Performs Bohuslav Martinu’s Opera “Julietta” at Carnegie Hall
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) The conductor Leon Botstein has led the American Symphony Orchestra for more than 25 years, and has developed a reputation for championing
Les Arts Florissants, “Rameau, Maître à Danser,” at BAM
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) William Christie founded Les Arts Florissants in 1979 as a way to celebrate his love of Baroque music from the 1700s, and
Robert Ashley’s “Improvement (Don Leaves Linda)” at The Kitchen
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The composer Robert Ashley's opera Improvement (Don Leaves Linda) is an interesting case as an opera because it was not conceived traditionally
“Greek” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The composer Mark-Anthony Turnage made his mark in London almost 20 years ago with his second opera, which was based on the