Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The creative team includes Jessica Tivens-Schneiderman as director and producer, ...
In one of my first newsletters, I discussed an opera about Black people written by white men and suggested that we attend, as well, to operas written by Black people. I’ve experienced two of them ...
The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY), one of New York's leading cultural venues, will present American Modern Opera Company: the echoing of tenses, on May 18, 2023 at 7:30pm ET in the Kaufmann Concert ...
“Coming of age” is rarely a pleasant process when experienced in real time. But when filtered through retrospection and expressed in well-crafted music, that passage into adulthood can shine with an ...
A hokey, old-fashioned painted curtain covering the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage was not an encouraging first sight. The vivacious overture conducted with grace and fluidity did, on the other hand, ...
KEENE, N.H. Two modern operas -- A very interesting point can be made about how one is introduced to an opera. If an initiate has heard recordings of only (say) "Il Trovatore," he sees opera as a ...
Composer Laura Kaminsky met with students to discuss composing music and and the journey that her to compose chamber operas. Kaminsky discussed elements of the development process that include ...
Resetting 150- to 300-year-old operas in modern times is nothing new for contemporary stage directors aiming to lure today’s audiences. But it’s rare for a 368-year-old baroque opera to seem ...