‘Harawi’ Review: Messiaen’s Song Cycle Comes to California
It’s hardly novel these days to combine music originally written just for voice and instruments with additional forms of artistic expression. Bach’s Passions, Schubert’s “Winterreise” and György Kurtág’s “Kafka Fragments”
Messiaen Duet Dances into a Pas de Quatre
… it cemented its
effervescent, locomotive score and highlighted the creative genius of
Balliett’s truly omnivorous talent.
Harawi: In Cal Performances’ season opener, expect tragedy and transcendence
… it cemented its
effervescent, locomotive score and highlighted the creative genius of
Balliett’s truly omnivorous talent.
Techniques from Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company infuse ‘Harawi,’ opera premiering in U.S. at UC Berkeley
More than a musical presentation, Messiaen’s 1945 song cycle serves as muse for Or Schraiber and Bobbi Jene Smith, two dancers and choreographers who met and fell in love
At The Clark, joy, loud and rocking, from ‘Rome is Falling’
… it cemented its
effervescent, locomotive score and highlighted the creative genius of
Balliett’s truly omnivorous talent.
Anthony Roth Costanzo Is Here to Save Opera in Philly
Can one of the world’s best countertenors and the new head of Opera Philadelphia leverage his A-list global connections to make opera here not just viable but … exciting?
AMOC* brings ‘zany’ opera charting 300 years of Roman history to The Clark
“It’s going to be fun, it’s going to be loud, and you’re going to love it.”
American opera needs ‘The Comet / Poppea.’ / LA TIMES
If what the world needs is love, “Comet / Poppea” proposes that love needs dialogue on more levels than anything else on stage right now. All aspects of the production
Hyperallergic Reviews THE COMET / POPPEA
It’s a burst of imagination and creativity in an art form often governed by rigid and elitist conventions. Translating DuBois’s words into opera is a radical feat in itself.
SF Classical Voice Reviews THE COMET / POPPEA
The two constituent scores found moments of synthesis, analysis, and genuine play in counterpoint, helped along by Douglas Kearney’s ingenious blended libretto…[George Lewis’s] music is taut as ever, inserting itself
‘Harawi’ Review: Messiaen’s Song Cycle Comes to California
It’s hardly novel these days to combine music originally written just for voice and instruments with additional forms of artistic expression. Bach’s Passions, Schubert’s “Winterreise” and György Kurtág’s “Kafka Fragments”
Messiaen Duet Dances into a Pas de Quatre
… it cemented its
effervescent, locomotive score and highlighted the creative genius of
Balliett’s truly omnivorous talent.
Harawi: In Cal Performances’ season opener, expect tragedy and transcendence
… it cemented its
effervescent, locomotive score and highlighted the creative genius of
Balliett’s truly omnivorous talent.
Techniques from Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company infuse ‘Harawi,’ opera premiering in U.S. at UC Berkeley
More than a musical presentation, Messiaen’s 1945 song cycle serves as muse for Or Schraiber and Bobbi Jene Smith, two dancers and choreographers who met and fell in love
At The Clark, joy, loud and rocking, from ‘Rome is Falling’
… it cemented its
effervescent, locomotive score and highlighted the creative genius of
Balliett’s truly omnivorous talent.
Anthony Roth Costanzo Is Here to Save Opera in Philly
Can one of the world’s best countertenors and the new head of Opera Philadelphia leverage his A-list global connections to make opera here not just viable but … exciting?
AMOC* brings ‘zany’ opera charting 300 years of Roman history to The Clark
“It’s going to be fun, it’s going to be loud, and you’re going to love it.”
American opera needs ‘The Comet / Poppea.’ / LA TIMES
If what the world needs is love, “Comet / Poppea” proposes that love needs dialogue on more levels than anything else on stage right now. All aspects of the production
Hyperallergic Reviews THE COMET / POPPEA
It’s a burst of imagination and creativity in an art form often governed by rigid and elitist conventions. Translating DuBois’s words into opera is a radical feat in itself.
SF Classical Voice Reviews THE COMET / POPPEA
The two constituent scores found moments of synthesis, analysis, and genuine play in counterpoint, helped along by Douglas Kearney’s ingenious blended libretto…[George Lewis’s] music is taut as ever, inserting itself