Review: Met's Laffont Competition Unleashes New Artists on Grateful Audience
by Richard Sasanow - Mar 21, 2024
No matter how many “star” performances the Met manages to muster in the course of a season, there’s nothing quite as exciting as the Laffont Grand Finals Concert—formerly known as the Met’s National Auditions Finals—which took place this past Sunday afternoon for its 70th season, when we got to hear up-and-comers who might have knocked our socks off at the concert itself or could at some time in the future.
Broadway Shows Based on the Top 1000 Highest-Grossing Films
by Michael Major - Jan 21, 2024
Of all the films on IMDB's list of the 1000 highest-grossing movies of all time, 31 have been adapted into Broadway musicals. Check out a guide to each those musicals below, along with musicals that are in development or ones that have not yet made their way to Broadway.
Western Piedmont Symphony Celebrates Romance And Rachmaninoff
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 8, 2023
Western Piedmont Symphony (WPS), the professional orchestra of the western foothills of North Carolina, presents MASTERWORKS: ROMANCE AND REALISM featuring the music of Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich on Saturday, November 18 at 7:30 PM at P.E. Monroe Auditorium on the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory. Featured guest artist pianist Dmitri Vorobiev will perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor.
Boston Ballet Reveals its Fall Experience Program
by Stephi Wild - Aug 29, 2023
Boston Ballet and Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen present Fall Experience, a program featuring four ballets that will awaken your senses and touch your soul. Boston Ballet is the first American company to perform Akram Khan's profound Vertical Road.
92NY Presents Simone Porter, Violin & Rohan De Silva, Piano, Play Strauss and More
by Stephi Wild - Apr 6, 2023
The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY), one of New York's leading cultural venues, presents Simone Porter, violin & Rohan De Silva, piano, play Strauss and more, on May 6, 2023 at 7:30pm ET.
LES PRIX DE LA DANSE DE MONTREAL Announces Winners of 2021-2022 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 22, 2022
LES PRIX DE LA DANSE DE MONTREAL (PDM) today announced the winners of the 2021-2022 season during an awards ceremony held at Espace Marie Chouinard. The event was hosted by Anik Bissonnette, artistic director of the Ecole supérieure de ballet du Québec, under the honorary presidency of contemporary dance artist Frédérick Gravel—a choreographer, dancer, musician, lighting designer, teacher, and artistic director of Compagnie DLD.
92NY Presents Eric Owens, Bass-baritone, And Singers From The Curtis Opera Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 3, 2022
The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY), one of New York's leading cultural venues, presents Eric Owens, bass-baritone, and singers from the Curtis Opera Theatre, on October 25, 2022 at 7:30pm ET at the Kaufmann Concert Hall.
New York City Opera Presents ROMANCE IN OPERA
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 1, 2022
New York City Opera will present Romance in Opera on Monday, September 12, 2022 at 7pm at Wollman Rink in Central Park. Stars of the New York City Opera stage bring romance to life, with love stories as passionate as the music itself.