Review – Amazing Water: An Introduction to Classical Music (The Secret Mountain)
An ode to water, the source of all life, Amazing Water: An Introduction to Classical Music is an excellent educational tool for ages 8 to…
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Views of the World Film & Music Festival
Combining a passion for quality filmmaking and an interest in promoting social and environmental justice, the Views of the Wold Film and Music Festival is…
Witches! Thieves! Cutthroats! At Glimmerglass!
OPERA REVIEWS: The Crucible (August 20); The Thieving Magpie (August 20); Sweeney Todd (August 21); La bohème (August 22, matinee) INTERVIEW: Francesca Zambello Salem Village…
SummerScape 2016 Pitches a Big Tent at Bard
OPERA: Mascagni’s IRIS – a dark, neglected opus by Puccini’s friend and rival; plus CABARET: Music, Mischief, and Oddball Chic at the House of Whimsy…
Daily News Roundup: 2 August 2016
+ The Heckeler’s Andrew Burn takes on Handel’s Utrecht Te Deum & Jubilate with respect to the context around its creation and performance. “I’m not…
Daily News Roundup: 28 July 2016
+ Jazz pianist Dan Tepfer will perform the Goldberg Variations with his own variations as part of the Cleveland International Piano Competition and Festival on July…
The Party at the End of the World
A shrewd November dusk de-illuminates an opaque door on rue de la Montagne near the corner of boulevard De Maisonneuve at the very heart of Montreal’s…
Daily News Roundup: 22 July 2016
Today’s Daily News Roundup responds to the questions “Where have the great composers gone?” Plus presidential operas, Norman Lebrecht’s latest, and more. + Soap opera…
This Day in Music – 1949: Alan Menken is Born
Behind various iconic Disney movies, Alan Menken was born in New York City to a pianist father and an actress-dancer mother, foreshadowing the musical theatre…
Daily News Roundup: 21 July 2016
Today’s Daily News Roundup is heading to Broadway. Plus Aretha Franklin and Polaris Music Prize news. + Aretha Franklin will headline a New City Winery Festival…
