Brooklyn Academy of Music Archives

“Sun & Sea” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) The beach season may be winding down along the area's shorelines, but at the Brooklyn Academy of Music it is just starting. […]

Tags: BAM, Brooklyn Academy of Music, climate change, Lina Lapelyte, music, opera, Rugile Barzdziukaite, Sun + Sea, Vaiva Grainyte, Venice Biennale

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,

Tags: Andrew Dickinson, Annelies Van Gramberen, Annelies Van Parys, Brno, Brooklyn Academy of Music, czech, Diary of One Who Disappeared, Ivo van Hove, Jan Versweyveld, Kamila Stosslova, Leos Janacek, love, Marie Hamard, muse, Musiektheater Transparant, Naomi Beeldens, opera, passion, Raphaele Green, song cycle, Wim van der Grijn

“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

Tags: Alex Lowde, Alex Otterburn, Allison Cook, Andrew Shore, BAM, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Greek, Joe Hill-Gibbins, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Oedipus, opera, Scottish Opera, Sophocles, Steven Berkoff, Stuart Stratford, Susan Bullock

“The Good Swimmer” at BAM Fisher

by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) Back in 2008, Heidi Rodewald was nominated for a Tony and won an Obie for her musical "Passing Strange," which was eventually turned into a

Tags: BAM, brooklyn, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Clara Kennedy, David Driver, Donna Di Novelli, drowning, Heidi Rodewald, Kevin Newbury, lifeguards, music, Next Wave, opera, rock, song cycle, swimming, Vietnam War

“Qyrq Qyz (Forty Girls)” at BAM

by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The epic story of Gulayim, a teenage female warrior from Uzbekistan who banded 40 female warriors together to fight off invaders, resonates

Tags: Brooklyn Academy of Music, Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky, Qyrq Qyz (Forty Girls), Saodat Ismailov, Uzbekistan

Meredith Monk’s “Cellular Songs” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

(All photos by Steven Pisano.) A new work by Meredith Monk is always a cause for celebration. Her performances, which always feature a magical combination of singing, dancing, and visuals, never fail

Tags: BAM, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Cellular Songs, chants, Meredith Monk, new music, opera

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

Tags: Alexander Lewis, American Repertory Theater, brooklyn, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Civil War, Confederate, Davone Tines, Diane Paulus, Freddie Stowers, Jennifer Zetlan, Leonard Bernstein, Matthew Aucoin, Next Wave, opera, Rod Gilfry, Walt Whitman

“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

Tags: American Opera Projects, Brooklyn Academy of Music, David Cote, opera, Robert Paterson

Julia Wolfe’s “Steel Hammer” at BAM

by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Last week, BAM’s Harvey Theater presented Steel Hammer, a theatrical working of Pulitzer Prize-winning Julia Wolfe’s 2009 cantata exploring the African-American folk

Tags: African-American, americana, Anne Bogart, Appalachian, BAM, Bang on a Can All Stars, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Emily Eagan, Eric Berryman, folklore, John Henry, Julia Wolfe, Katie Geissinger, minimalistic, Molly Quinn, music, myth, Patrice Johnson Chevannes, Pulitzer Prize, SITI Company, Steel Hammer