This concert of three substantial choral and orchestral works by Benjamin Britten recreated the ‘50th birthday’ Promenade concert which Britten himself conducted on 12 September 1963.
Month: August 2011
Glimmer, Glamour Back in Cooperstown
A breath of fresh air is making its way through the Glimmerglass Opera festival, and her name is Francesca Zambello.
Previn and Caird’s Brief Encounter
The chief classical music and opera critic for the Los Angeles Times often criticizes any new operas based on familiar films or classic novels, on the basis of artistic timidity and conservatism.
La BohËme at Torre del Lago
This is where Puccini composed many of his operas until the lake got so polluted he had to move to nearby Viareggio.
The Other Child in Papa Mozart’s Musical Troupe
http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/movies/mozarts-sister-from-rene-feret-review.html?nl=movies&emc=mua3
The Turn of the Screw, Glyndebourne, UK
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/39feb346-c742-11e0-a9ef-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Vb3cv1nT
Edinburgh International Festival, various venues
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/f60bfc6e-c694-11e0-bb50-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1V2l4nwtt
Ariadne auf Naxos, Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble
Today’s general public labors under the unfortunate misconception that in order to enjoy opera, one needs to be educated and at ease with mobility in social circles largely consisting of decrepit old rich people.
Love Beats Science in a Spoof by Menotti
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/arts/music/last-savage-and-wozzeck-at-santa-fe-opera-review.html?ref=music
Opera at Grant Park Music Festival
For its seventh program of the Summer 2011 season the Grant Park Music Festival presented concert ensembles performed by members of the Ryan Opera Center of Lyric Opera of Chicago.