DSO Premiere: Rouse’s Fifth Symphony Warrants Second Hearing
ROUSE: Symphony No. 5 (world premiere). BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 19. RESPIGHI: Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome). Emanuel…
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With This St. John Passion, MasterVoices Announces There’s a New Evangelist in Town
PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND TEXT ANALYSIS: MasterVoices’ new English-language version of J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion, translated by Michael Slattery (at Carnegie Hall, February 9, 2017,…
Mezzo-Soprano Stephanie Blythe Mans Up! – for Rossini’s Seminal Tancredi at Opera Philadelphia
REVIEW: Opera Philadelphia’s new production of Rossini’s early masterpiece, Tancredi; INTERVIEWS: with the production’s stars – mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, soprano Brenda Rae. “What a wonderful…
Emerson Quartet celebrates 40th anniversary at Montreal Chamber Music Festival
The Montreal Chamber Music Festival always manages to satisfy even the most demanding mélomane of the city. Long-time friends of artistic director Denis Brott, the Emerson…
Voici les lauréats de la 20e édition des prix Opus !
Communiqué Pour diffusion immédiate (Montréal, le 5 février 2017) – La 20e édition du Gala des prix Opus s’est déroulée à la salle Bourgie du…
Austin Opera Beats the Band with Donizetti’s “Daughter of the Regiment”
DONIZETTI: The Daughter of the Regiment. Rachele Gilmore (Marie). René Barbera (Tonio). Cindy Sadler (Marquise de Berkenfield). Stefano de Peppo (Sulpice). Austin Opera Chorus and…
OdeM’s Dialogues des carmélites both Timely, Timeless
Stage Director Serge Denoncourt returns to the Opéra de Montréal for the first time in almost two decades, lending a measured dramaturgic eye to Poulenc’s…
They Sing the Body Dissected: anatomy theater
OPERA REVIEW: anatomy theater, a new opera by David Lang and Mark Dion, part of the 2017 Prototype Festival, New York City (New York premiere,…
NYFOS Next: Christopher Cerrone & Friends
In the same week that the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) presented a contemporary art song program entitled “Christopher Cerrone & Friends” at National…
The Nutcracker: A tale told by a Romantic, signifying everything
Les Grands Ballets performs The Nutcracker with loving attention to detail and 53 years of experience. The author of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,…
