MADAME BUTTERFLY Closes Opera Philadelphia's Season Next Month
by Stephi Wild
- Mar 18, 2024
Opera Philadelphia's 2023-2024 Season will close this spring with a new production of Puccini's Madame Butterfly that illuminates and ultimately transcends harmful stereotypes, empowering the protagonist Cio Cio San with new choices for her future.
Review: GROUNDED at Kennedy Center
by David Friscic
- Oct 30, 2023
The beautiful blue skies that Jess, an F-16 fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, soars through from the mighty heights above soon become mottled with dismal greys ---as she plummets into mental despair and confusion after being Grounded. In the paradigm-changing opera which is a World Premiere by the Washington National Opera, Jess continues to work (after pregnancy, marriage, and having a daughter) as a professional who pilots drones remotely from a trailer park in Las Vegas.
Review Roundup: Jeanine Tesori's GROUNDED at the Washington National Opera
by Alan Henry
- Oct 30, 2023
Washington National Opera opened its 2023–2024 season with the world premiere of Grounded. Composed by two-time Tony Award® winner Jeanine Tesori with a libretto adapted by George Brant from his eponymous play, and directed by Tony Award® winner Michael Mayer, Grounded is commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and co-produced with the Washington National Opera.
R.B. Schlather & Hudson Hall Announce RODELINDA, October 20-29
by A.A. Cristi
- May 24, 2023
Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House announces RODELINDA as the first in an ambitious multi-year series of operas by G.F. Handel with the daring, internationally acclaimed director (and Hudson resident) R.B. Schlather. Six performances take place October 20, 24, 26, 28 at 7pm and October 22 and 29 at 3pm.
WINTER LUMINARIA With Tilted Axes Comes to Sasaki Garden
by Stephi Wild
- Dec 1, 2022
Winter Luminaria with Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars, presented by NYU Faculty Housing Happenings with Make Music Winter, will take place in Sasaki Garden on Wednesday, December 21 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm. The event is FREE and open to the public.
Tenet Vocal Artists Announce 2022-2023 Season
by Grace Cutler
- Jun 26, 2022
The early music ensemble TENET Vocal Artists today announced their 2022-2023 season featuring a deep dive into beloved masterworks and rarely-heard gems from across Europe and the Americas.
TENET Vocal Artists Announces 2022-2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jun 22, 2022
The innovative and acclaimed early music ensemble TENET Vocal Artists today announced their 2022-2023 season featuring a deep dive into beloved masterworks and rarely-heard gems from across Europe and the Americas.
Inaugural Concert Of New Asian Virtuosi Ensemble Explores Musical Traditions Of East And West
by A.A. Cristi
- Oct 1, 2021
GRAMMY-winning violinist Keiko Tokunaga created INTERWOVEN in reaction to the change in social climate that occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An individual of the Asian heritage, Tokunaga was saddened by the news of racial injustice towards the AAPI community— but what was even more shocking to her was the lack of response from the other racial groups, and hesitation to speak up amongst her fellows.
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