Los Angeles Philharmonic Conductor Laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale and soloists in the world premiere of the PROLOGUE TO ORANGO, Shostakovich's unfinished opera, at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Friday and Saturday, December 2 and 3, at 8 p.m., as well as Sunday, December 4, at 2 p.m. The satirical opera about a half-man, half-ape, was sketched in 1932, and discovered in 2006, at Moscow's Glinka Museum by Russian musicologist Olga Digonskaya. At the request of Shostakovich's widow and Digonskaya, British composer Gerard McBurney developed the orchestration of ORANGO in 2009.
CoActive Content, Stacey Martino, Founder/Artistic Director, and American Latino Theatre Company, David Llauger-Meiselman, Artistic Director, will present a new co-production of the critically acclaimed play, 'The King of the Desert,' written by Stacey Martino, performed by René Rivera, and helmed by award-winning director, Sal Romeo, all Studio Lifetime Members of The Actors Studio.
On Monday, October 31, the Metropolitan Opera Guild pays tribute to the legendary American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, one of the greatest singers of our time, at the Guild's 77th annual luncheon, a perennial highlight of the opera season.
2011 New York Emmy Award winner Paula Zahn hosts the next SundayArts Primetime Special from The Museum of Modern Art. She looks at the Sculpture Garden; 'de Kooning: A Retrospective'; 'Gifted: Collectors and Drawings at MoMA, 1929-1983'; and 'Diego Rivera Murals for the Museum of Modern Art.' The special airs on Thursday, October 27 at 8 p.m. (WLIW will show the program on Thursday, November 3 at 7:30pm)
2011 New York Emmy Award winner Paula Zahn hosts the next SundayArts Primetime Special from The Museum of Modern Art. She looks at the Sculpture Garden; 'de Kooning: A Retrospective'; 'Gifted: Collectors and Drawings at MoMA, 1929-1983'; and 'Diego Rivera Murals for the Museum of Modern Art.' The special airs on Thursday, October 27 at 8 p.m. (WLIW will show the program on Thursday, November 3 at 7:30pm)
This fall, the Rubin Museum of Art will present a dramatic sweep of cultural programming relating to Himalayan narrative, expressed through both the art of traditional storytelling and contemporary media such as film.
The U.S. premiere of Duality of Light, an interactive art installation by Australian Lynette Wallworth in Alice Tully Hall with free admission; a free concert by Malian ngoni virtuoso Bassekou Kouyate and musicians; a screening of Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 classic film, The Passion of Joan of Arc, with an original score by renowned musicians Adrian Utley and Will Gregory of the downtempo groups Portishead and Goldfrapp; an encore performance of Four Quartets performed by Stephen Dillane and the Miró Quartet, directed by Katie Mitchell; and two conversations moderated by New York Public Radio's John Schaefer, The Self including biographer Edmund Morris and Soul Music including composer Philip Glass, have been added to the 2011 White Light Festival schedule, it was announced today by Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director at Lincoln Center.
Lincoln Center's upcoming White Light Festival (October 20-November 19, 2011), in its second season, will include two outstanding theater productions among the range of works of music, film, dance, art and discussion to be presented.
The Metropolitan Opera Guild has announced its Lectures and Community Programs for the 2011-12 Season: an extensive - 20 events in October alone! - and wide-ranging calendar of individual events and courses of study designed to deepen the love and appreciation of opera by fans and performers alike, at every level of engagement and expertise.
CoActive Content, Stacey Martino, Founder/Artistic Director, and American Latino Theatre Company, David Llauger-Meiselman, Artistic Director, will present a new co-production of the critically acclaimed play, 'The King of the Desert,' written by Stacey Martino, performed by René Rivera, and helmed by award-winning director, Sal Romeo, all Studio Lifetime Members of The Actors Studio.
This fall, the Rubin Museum of Art will present a dramatic sweep of cultural programming relating to Himalayan narrative, expressed through both the art of traditional storytelling and contemporary media such as film.
According to the Toronto Star, stage and screen star Geoffrey Rush will star as Man in the Chair in an upcoming big screen adaptation of the 2006 Broadway musical THE DROWSY CHAPERONE. Fred Schepisi is on board to direct the project.
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The U.S. premiere of Duality of Light, an interactive art installation by Australian Lynette Wallworth in Alice Tully Hall with free admission; a free concert by Malian ngoni virtuoso Bassekou Kouyate and musicians; a screening of Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 classic film, The Passion of Joan of Arc, with an original score by renowned musicians Adrian Utley and Will Gregory of the downtempo groups Portishead and Goldfrapp; an encore performance of Four Quartets performed by Stephen Dillane and the Miró Quartet, directed by Katie Mitchell; and two conversations moderated by New York Public Radio's John Schaefer, The Self including biographer Edmund Morris and Soul Music including composer Philip Glass, have been added to the 2011 White Light Festival schedule, it was announced today by Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director at Lincoln Center.
Neil MacGregor, Director, British Museum; Michael Boyd, Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company; Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director, Shakespeare's Globe; Ruth Mackenzie, Director of the Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival; Deborah Shaw, World Shakespeare Festival Director and arts leaders from across the UK and the world joined together at the British Museum today to announce the programme for the World Shakespeare Festival and BP's sponsorship as Founding Presenting Partner.
Since Masterclass was created in 1998, it has established itself as the leading provider of free training for aspiring theatre makers. Masterclass runs a year round programme of talks, workshops, special projects, career advice sessions, showcases and performance opportunities for 14 - 30 year olds.
The Met's popular free Summer HD Festival returns for the third year beginning on Saturday, August 27 in Lincoln Center Plaza with Donizetti's Don Pasquale starring Anna Netrebko, conducted by Maestro James Levine.
Due to weather reports that predict hurricane-force winds and rain for New York City this weekend, the Metropolitan Opera has cancelled the first two Summer HD Festival outdoor screenings on Lincoln Center Plaza, originally scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
