BWW Review: Odyssey Records Recording of HENRY VIII by Saint-Saens
by George Weinhouse
- May 20, 2022
A new recording of Saint-Saens's opera HENRY VIII, by Odyssey Opera, has come my way. It is a complete version of the work which is dated 1883. Odyssey Opera is a company dedicated to the performance of operas that are out of the mainstream but are deemed worthy of recognition.
Experiential Orchestra And Chorus Present An Ethel Smyth Grammy Award Celebration Concert In NYC
by A.A. Cristi
- Dec 14, 2021
Experiential Orchestra and Chorus, led by Music Director James Blachly, will celebrate its 2021 Grammy win as well as being named a finalist for a 2021 Gramophone Classical Music Award for their recording of Dame Ethel Smyth's The Prison (Chandos Records) with a concert on Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 8pm at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music (450 W. 37th St., NYC).
Experiential Orchestra Opens 2021-22 Season with RENEWAL: An Evening with Louise Toppin
by A.A. Cristi
- Sep 2, 2021
Fresh from winning its first Grammy Award, Experiential Orchestra, led by Music Director James Blachly, opens its 2021-22 season on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 8pm with a concert at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music (450 W. 37th St., NYC) highlighting its partnership with the African Diaspora Music Project (ADMP).
New York City Opera to Present RIGOLETTO as Part of Bryant Park Picnic Performances
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Aug 24, 2021
Bryant Park Picnic Performances' season of free, live performances continues on Friday, September 3 at 7pm with a 90-minute version of Rigoletto from New York City Opera. Giuseppe Verdi’s thrilling perennial favorite tells the tragic story of the Duke of Mantua, his hunchbacked court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda.
New York City Opera to Present CARMEN as Part of Bryant Park Picnic Performances
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jun 21, 2021
Bryant Park Picnic Performances' season of free, live performances will continue on Friday, July 2 at 7pm with a fully-staged, one-hour abridged performance of Georges Bizet's beloved opera, Carmen, from the New York City Opera. This will be New York City Opera's first fully staged, hour-long adaptation performed this year.
BWW Review: SEATTLE OPERA TOSCA at Home Computer Screens
by Maria Nockin
- Jun 14, 2021
Seattle Opera’s film of Puccini’s Tosca, that can be streamed starting June 25, opened with the escape of political prisoner Cesare Angelotti who was once a friend of Cavaradossi. Angelotti, sung by bass Adam Lau, was exhausted from running, surmounting walls, and crashing through fences. His clothes were tattered and he almost fell into the cooling water of the church’s Baptismal Font.
Seattle Opera Unveils First Outdoor Recital Series�"and More
by A.A. Cristi
- May 19, 2021
From a new streaming production of Tosca filmed at a historic Seattle cathedral, to live outdoor recitals at Seattle Center, and a conductor dialogue on race and gender, there's plenty of ways to engage with music through Seattle Opera's June offerings.
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