This weekend’s two BSO concerts at Symphony Hall placed Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major, Igor Stravinsky’s Petrushka, and on Saturday night-only, Caroline Shaw’s Punctum…
View More BSO Revels in Ravel, Stravinsky, and ShawМесец: април 2023
Listeners Surround Radius
Taking inspiration last night from its name, Radius Ensemble experimentally came down to the floor from the Longy stage and surrounded itself with watchers and…
View More Listeners Surround RadiusConductor turns up in Jeffrey Epstein diaries
The Wall Street Journal and Fox News have details of meetings with prominent individuals in the sex criminal’s diary. The meetings were scheduled after Epstein’s…
View More Conductor turns up in Jeffrey Epstein diariesThe Evolution of Opera: From Baroque to Modern Times
Opera is a form of musical theatre that has been an integral part of Western classical music for over four centuries. Its origins can be…
View More The Evolution of Opera: From Baroque to Modern TimesNY Times swoons over Gelbs
Today’s paper drools over how ‘power couple’ Peter Gelb and Keri-Lynn Wilson spend their Sundays. The Met’s director of communications, Dan Wakin (pictured), was formerly…
View More NY Times swoons over GelbsPeter Gelb and Keri-Lynn Wilson’s Sunday Routine
After tennis, swimming and some time in the sauna, Peter Gelb and Keri-Lynn Wilson work at their adjoining desks.
View More Peter Gelb and Keri-Lynn Wilson’s Sunday RoutineSCRUTINY | Soprano Samuel Mariño Flies High With Tafelmusik
Soprano Samuel Mariño makes his Canadian debut with arias by Handel, Vivaldi, Alessandro Scarlatti and Johann Adoph Hasse backed by a methodical Tafelmusik.
View More SCRUTINY | Soprano Samuel Mariño Flies High With TafelmusikGergiev does his bit, performing in Russian truck factory
Unwanted outside Russia, China and their satellites, Valery Gergiev has been leading his Mariinsky Orchestra in workers’ concerts around Russia. These are pictures from the…
View More Gergiev does his bit, performing in Russian truck factoryFOXY AND FABULOUS
Vulpine Nuptials at Manhattan School of Music (photo by Brian Hatton) We wish to heap accolades upon Manhattan School of Music Graduate Opera Theater‘s production…
View More FOXY AND FABULOUSSamuel Mariño with Tafelmusik
Yesterday I saw the second of two performances by Venezuelan male soprano Samuel Mariño with Tafelmusik at Trinity St. Paul’s. The programme was a mixture…
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