Tanglewood 2013: U.S. Premiere of George Benjamin’s “Written on Skin”
"With music I can open a heart/as easily as you can open a door/and reach right in." — Into the Little Hill LENOX, MA — Over the past few years, some […]
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Vagabond Opera Enchants Joe’s Pub
by Melanie Wong What do you get when Moulin Rouge meets a traveling carnival and Shakira? Vagabond Opera, of course—the Bohemian troupe combining traditional opera with cabaret, gypsy-style folk music, and
David Lang’s “Little Match Girl Passion” at Glimmerglass Opera
COOPERSTOWN, NY — I’ve seen David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning the little match girl passion on at least three separate occasions now, and while the music has never ceased to haunt me, I’ve
Traveling through “The Planets” with the New York Philharmonic and NASA
by Melanie Wong As part of their Summertime Classics Series conducted by the boisterous Bramwell Tovey, the New York Philharmonic presented The Planets: An HD Odyssey, at Lincoln Center’s Avery
(le) Poisson Rouge and the Metropolitan Opera Preview Nico Muhly’s “Two Boys”
Nico Muhly remains one the most active young composers around. Last Tuesday night, fresh off of curating at and performing in his own festival, A Scream and An Outrage, he returned to New York for two shows at Le Poisson Rouge. The night consisted of a broad range of works based loosely based around a preview of his opera, Two Boys, premiering at the Met in October.
The opera premiered at the English National Opera in 2011. With a libretto by celebrated American playwright Craig Lucas, it examines issues associated with the darker corners of the Internet and online chat rooms. The opera is a part of Met general manager Peter Gelb’s larger effort to bring opera to a younger demographic, and the nature of the issues explored drags opera firmly into the 21st century.
Opera on Tap Presents “SMASHED” at HERE Arts Center
by Melanie Wong In accordance with their self-proclaimed mission to reach new audiences and change America’s “stuffy” and “elitist” perception of opera, nonprofit organization Opera on Tap presented their first original opera,
Greenwich Village Orchestra’s Tchaikovsky Extravaganza
by Angela Sutton For their third concert of the season, the Greenwich Village Orchestra presented an all-Tchaikovsky program Sunday at Old Stuyvesant Campus. Although an orchestra whose members are drawn
Orpheus Club Holiday Concert with Denyce Graves
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Each year around this time, I make my way out to New Jersey to see my Dad sing a holiday concert with the Orpheus Club: a semi-professional
“Dog Days” World Premiere: David T. Little’s First Full-Length Opera
by Gabriel Furtado Lisa (Lauren Worsham) confides in the man-turned-dog Prince (John Kelly) credit: James Matthew Daniel Dog Days may be the only opera with a score capable of causing acute