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Review: Separated at Birth? Boulanger's VILLE MORTE and Debussy's PELLEAS Fall Similarly on the Ear
by Richard Sasanow - Apr 20, 2024


It’s easy to understand why Neal Goren, founder and artistic director of Catapult Opera, was immediately taken with LA VILLE MORTE. (His program notes say, “Upon receiving the piano-vocal score, I found myself sighing in ecstasy…”) First, the name Nadia Boulanger is magic in 20th century music—in music history in general, for that matter—though not for her own compositions.

Clarinetist Charles Neidich to Return to the WA Concert Series at Tenri Cultural Institute
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2024


Renowned clarinetist Charles Neidich will return to the WA Concert Series at Tenri Cultural Institute on March 1, 2024. Learn how to purchase tickets.

San Antonio Philharmonic Appoints Jeffrey Kahane As Music Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 2, 2024


San Antonio Philharmonic announces the appointment of Jeffrey Kahane as Music Director for the 2024-2025 season, marking a new era of commitment to the San Antonio community.

Holocaust Museum LA to Present TO PAINT IS TO LIVE: ART & RESISTANCE IN THERESIENSTADT
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 29, 2024


Discover the powerful exhibit 'To Paint is to Live: Art & Resistance in Theresienstadt' at the Holocaust Museum LA. Explore the artwork of four artists who captured life in the Theresienstadt ghetto during the Holocaust. Open from Feb. 15 to Nov. 30, 2024.

LA VILLE MORTE Comes to the Greek National Opera This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jan 11, 2024


The legendary opera La Ville morte, the only opera ever composed by leading music educator and conductor Nadia Boulanger, in collaboration with her mentor Raoul Pugno, will be given its Greek premiere –and only its third ever production worldwide– on the GNO Alternative Stage, at the SNFCC.

New Collection RAIN From Late Vocalist Nora York Out Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 17, 2023


Good Mood Records returns with the new album RAIN from the groundbreaking late vocalist and songwriter NORA YORK.

Steve Carell Will Make His Broadway Debut in UNCLE VANYA; Additional Cast Revealed!
by Stephi Wild - Nov 14, 2023


Steve Carell is headed to Broadway! The actor, best known for starring in the television series The Office, will make his Broadway debut in Lincoln Center Theater's upcoming production of Anton Chekhov’s classic UNCLE VANYA. Find out more information about the production here!

Good Mood Records to Release Posthumous Collection RAIN by Vocalist and Songwriter Nora York
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 12, 2023


Good Mood Records is set to release 'RAIN,' a posthumous collection of songs by the late vocalist and songwriter Nora York. The album, produced by Emmy winner Jamie Lawrence, features a blend of contemporary jazz and pop music. Get ready for an innovative musical experience.

Lincoln Center Theater Will Bring UNCLE VANYA to Broadway with New Translation by Heidi Schreck
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 14, 2023


This spring, Lincoln Center Theater will produce Anton Chekhov’s classic UNCLE VANYA, featuring a new translation by Heidi Schreck, directed by Lila Neugebauer. Learn more about the production!

Royal Shakespeare Company's THE EMPRESS Transfers to the Lyric Hammersmith
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2023


This autumn the Royal Shakespeare Company brings their acclaimed play The Empress by Lyric Hammersmith Theatre Artistic Associate Tanika Gupta to the Lyric! Learn more about the play and how to get tickets ehre!

Park International Center For Music Announces 2023-2024 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 22, 2023


Park University International Center for Music (Park ICM), under the direction of founder, Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Stanislav Ioudenitch, has for the last 20 years taken magnificent young instrumentalists, already identified as superior performers, and molded them into international virtuosos. Based upon the European master/apprentice relationship, this rare combination of time, talent, attention, location, and commitment has made Park ICM triumphant in a very short time, demanding the attention of the international music community. Having just completed the celebration of the Center's 20th Anniversary, the next season brings virtuoso friends old and new, and continues to showcase ICM's own award-winning faculty and students, resulting in a season packed with musicianship of the highest order.

GOD OF CARNAGE, CINDERELLA, THE EMPRESS, and More Set For Lyric Hammersmith's Autumn/Winter 2023-24 Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 21, 2023


Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced Its Autumn/Winter 2023-24 season. Learn more about the full lineup here!

Film at Lincoln Center Announces Jordan Peele Curation
by Michael Major - Dec 22, 2022


Widely hailed as one of this century’s great directorial debuts, Jordan Peele’s era-defining Get Out injected new life into horror with its witty subversion of racial politics and elitist social mores. Two years later, his wildly entertaining Us plumbed everything from isolationist fears and late-capitalist power structures to the rich lineage.

MUSE/IQUE to Present LA COMPOSED: A FESTIVAL OF LOS ANGELES MUSIC This Week
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 2, 2022


MUSE/IQUE continues its adventurous yearlong concert series, L.A. Composed: A Festival of Los Angeles Music, with Grand Avenue led by Artistic Director Rachael Worby and featuring the returns of Savion Glover, named by Dance Spirit magazine as one of the 13 Best Tap Dancers in History, and Charles Yang, recipient of the 2018 Leonard Bernstein Award and described by The Boston Globe as one who 'plays classical violin with the charisma of a rock star.'

Greek National Opera Reschedules OTHELLO
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2022


Due to delays caused by the recent severe weather and its aftermath, the Greek National Opera has announced new performance dates for its upcoming Otello production.

World-Premiere Recording of Georgia Stitt's 'Hold Fast Your Dreams' Released
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 20, 2021


Shokat Projects will welcome the world-premiere recording of Georgia Stitt’s Hold Fast Your Dreams, performed by the wife-and-husband team, soprano Zoe Allen and conductor/pianist Christopher Allen. Hold Fast Your Dreams is the first single from the Allens’ upcoming album (out September 7, 2021), Beneath the Sky.

THE FATAL WEAKNESS by George Kelly to Conclude Mint Theater's Silver Lining Streaming Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 14, 2021


Mint Theater Company will conclude the highly popular Silver Lining Streaming Series with the on-demand streaming of the three-camera archival recording (filmed in HD!) of The Fatal Weakness by George Kelly, beginning Monday May 17th, and continuing through June 27th.

BARD SUMMERSCAPE Is Back with Adventurous Lineup of Live Performances in New York's Hudson Valley
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 29, 2021


Bard SummerScape returns to live performance with a wide-ranging and adventurous lineup this summer. Staged for limited in-person audiences, the 2021 season presents the 31st Bard Music Festival, “Nadia Boulanger and Her World,” which pays tribute to one of the most important female figures in classical music history.

Bard SummerScape Announces Live Programming With a Concert Directed by Daniel Fish, a Pam Tanowitz World Premiere & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 29, 2021


Staged for limited in-person audiences, the 2021 season presents the 31st Bard Music Festival, “Nadia Boulanger and Her World,” which pays tribute to one of the most important female figures in classical music history; the first fully staged American production of King Arthur (Le roi Arthus), and more.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Announces Winter Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 17, 2020


The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has announced its Winter 2021 Digital Season, with 26 new digital offerings, available for free, from January 14 to March 26, 2021.  CMS introduces a new online schedule in January, with concerts premiering Thursday evenings and educational and conversational programs premiering on Monday evenings.

Be Prepared To Be Scared with USHER HOUSE Opera
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 19, 2020


Usher House, with a libretto by the composer after Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher, features conductor Lawrence Foster leading the Orquestra Gulbenkian, with singers Christian Elsner, Etienne Dupuis, Phillip Ens, Lisa Delan, and special guest actor Benedict Cumberbatch. Poe's quintessential gothic tale loosely serves as the basis for Gordon Getty's opera.

Park ICM Announces October Concerts
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 5, 2020


After their acclaimed concert, Stanislav & Friends, knocked the socks off audiences in September, Park International Center for Music (Park ICM) announced today that their 2020 Season would continue in October by offering not one, but two special fall concerts.

Operas By Gordon Getty Out Now from Pentatone
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 2, 2020


On July 20th, 2020, composer Gordon Getty's new opera Goodbye, Mr. Chips would have had its world premiere at Festival Napa Valley. But like so many other events, it became a casualty of COVID. 

Park ICM Announces 2020-2021 Season and New Executive Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 20, 2020


Park International Center for Music announced today that their 2020-2021 Season would once again kick off their season in September at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts with Stanislav & Friends.

Bard SummerScape Will Celebrate Nadia Boulanger With 31st Bard Music Festival, NADIA BOULANGER AND HER WORLD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 2, 2020


Bard SummerScape's 17th edition celebrates one of the most important female figures in classical music history, with seven weeks of music, opera, theater, dance, film and the SummerScape Spiegeltent, centered around the 31st Bard Music Festival, 'Nadia Boulanger and Her World.'

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