AUSTIN, TX – Opera is an expensive venture, with administrators at even the most established companies struggling to find ways to make ends meet. This is especially true in mid-sized
Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera “There aren’t many things left worth fighting for in this world. Art is one of them.” – FoM In his 2008 memoir, Hallelujah Junction, John Adams devotes an entire
by Robert Leeper Despite frequent comparisons to the now-defunct City Opera, Gotham Chamber Opera has managed to avoid all of the baggage that comes with filling City Opera’s void. The 13
by Robert Leeper With the crumbling of New York City Opera last year and the recent labor-related histrionics from the Met, it would seem that opera in our fair city
NOTE: This contest has ended. This Thursday, July 24 at 8:00 p.m., composer-pianist Brittany Anjou leads the second annual tribute to Portishead's Roseland NYC Live album at (le) poisson rouge. The epic event includes a
by Robert Leeper The New York premiere of Mieczyslaws Weinberg’s “The Passenger” came to the Park Avenue Armory last week, courtesy of the Houston Grand Opera and the Lincoln Center Festival.
Tonight at Roulette, the Ear Heart Music series closes out its season with a rare performance of Tan Dun‘s Ghost Opera, performed by the Momenta Quartet and pipa master Zhou Yi. Inspired by "the
“We have taken a deliberately non-dogmatic approach to selecting the art to be displayed…The only criterion was that the concerts comprise music that we believe in and are excited to
CLEVELAND, OH – When I visited Cleveland for the first time this past January, I wanted to figure out just how the Cleveland Orchestra – widely regarded as one of
