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 Suicides at Sonezaki” at the White Light Festival Read Post »
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
“The Love for Three Oranges” at Opera Philadelphia Read Post »
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,
Janacek’s “Diary of One Who Disappeared” at BAM Read Post »
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was established in 1925 in Poland, with support from leading intellectuals of the time such as
Songs About “The Song of Songs” at YIVO Read Post »
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) Alex Weiser is a young composer who writes ethereal and quietly emotional music that always sounds like a soul alone in the
“and all the days were purple”: Music by Alex Weiser at Roulette Read Post »
by Steven Pisano (All photographs by Steven Pisano.) On Saturday night, for one performance only, the Center for Contemporary Opera presented the U.S. premiere of a double-bill of Louis Andriessen's
Louis Andriessen’s “Anaïs Nin” and “Odysseus’ Women” at National Sawdust Read Post »
By Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) PHILADELPHIA, PA – Sometimes art can depict the most repulsive aspects of the human condition, and still be deemed successful. Such is the
“Breaking the Waves” at Opera Philadelphia Read Post »
