Heartbeat Opera’s Modernized Versions of “Fidelio” and “Don Giovanni”
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Heartbeat Opera is one of a number of smaller opera companies seeking to maintain traditional opera as a vital force in […]
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“Intolerance” by the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) In the early 1960s, memories of Fascism and Nazism were still fresh in the collective memory of Europe. In Italy, the hateful,
“Written on Skin” at Opera Philadelphia
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Proclaimed an instant modern masterpiece when it premiered almost 6 years ago at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, George Benjamin and Martin Crimp's opera
Prototype Festival: The Echo Drift at Baruch Performing Arts Center
Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to see most of this year's PROTOTYPE Festival of new opera, now in it's 6th year, but I did make it out to the
“We Shall Not Be Moved” at the Apollo Theater
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) "We Shall Not Be Moved," which played at the Apollo Theater this week following its world premiere at Opera Philadelphia last month, is
Matthew Aucoin’s “Crossing” at BAM
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) The Civil War may have ended more than 150 years ago, yet in many ways our country has never fully recovered. The recent
A Berkshires Bounty: Opening Weekend at Tanglewood
LENOX, MA – I've been going to Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's longtime home in the Berkshires, almost every summer now for the past two-and-a-half decades. Those that have been to
Fresh Squeezed Opera Presents “Scopes” and “Prix-Fixe”
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) You have to admire the courage of a composer of one-act operas. They probably have a better chance of winning Powerball or
“Three Way,” a Trio of One-Act Operas about Sex and Love, at BAM
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) After an American premiere at Nashville Opera earlier this year, the provocative trio of one-act operas, Three Way, with music by Robert