Preview: PROTOTYPE 2014
Among the many casualties when City Opera folded last year was their contemporary-opera lab VOX: an essential incubator for emerging composers that presented some 70-odd operas over 14 seasons. Fortunately, Beth
Opera
Feast of Music’s Year in Review: 2013
Photo credits: Pete Matthews, Ryan Jensen (SubCulture) It was definitely a banner year for both New York City's music scene and Feast of Music. Here at FoM, we provided over
Membership Giveaway: (le) Poisson Rouge!
NOTE: This contest has ended. In light of the holiday season, FoM is giving away a free “School of Fish” membership to (le) poisson rouge that includes access to over 100 free shows
Anthony Dean Griffey and St. Louis Symphony in Britten’s Peter Grimes at Carnegie Hall
"Peter Grimes . . . is, for me, the essence of what an opera can be, and, in some senses, the high-water mark against which I have evaluated every other piece
Britten @ 100
November 22 is, among other things, the feast day of St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music. It is also, appropriately, the birthday of Benjamin Britten, who was born 100 years ago
Two Boys at the Metropolitan Opera
Let me state this as clearly and simply as I can: Nico Muhly's Two Boys, currently onstage at the Metropolitan Opera, will be remembered as a landmark event in the history
Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Met
by Melanie Wong Photo credit: Sara Krulwich, The New York Times Last Wednesday, a collection of talented young stars at the Met gave a lovably quirky performance of Britten's zany 1960 opera A Midsummer
Shostakovich’s The Nose at the Metropolitan Opera
by Robert Leeper Photo credit: Ken Howard There are a lot of big-ticket, big-cast operas to sift through at the Metropolitan Opera these days. However, tucked between the much-touted Two
CMJ 2013: Thursday (plus Non-CMJ Show at LPR)
I made it out a bit earlier to CMJ yesterday, stopping by the Judson Memorial Church on Washington Square, from where Seattle indie-stalwart KEXP has been broadcasting live this whole week. This