It started with a bang and ended with a whimper. Juilliard’s
production of Francis Poulenc’s opera Dialogues des CarmÈlites
opened on Wednesday, April 21 and the performance started out strong.
Author: Gary Hoffman
Towards the light: Juilliard students present Poulenc’s Dialogues
Der Fliegende Holl‰nder, New York
Pick the word: soupÁon? snippet? tidbit? quark? to describe the infinitesimal bite of Wagner bestowed upon us by the Met this year — and we had to wait till the end of April, to boot!
New ‘Figaro’ sparkling, beautiful
http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/Reviews/M/Marriage_Of_Figarro/2010/04/26/pf-13727171.html
Shadowboxer — A Tormented Joe Louis
From the Maryland Opera Studio comes a riveting new opera that transforms
the life of American boxing legend Joe Louis (“The Brown Bomber”)
into an epic tale of human struggle, triumph, and failure.
Shadowboxer’s Left Jab
This month, the Maryland Opera Studio (MOS) at the University of Maryland,
College Park, marked its spot in opera history with the world premiere of
Shadowboxer, a jazz-infused opera based on the life of iconic American
boxer Joe Louis.
Shadowboxer — The Rise and Fall of an American Hero
The Shadowboxer project, an opera about the life of heavyweight
boxing champion Joe Louis, began as an idea in director Leon Major’s mind
twenty years ago.
A “CNN Opera” — Shadowboxer at UMD
The University of Maryland Opera Studio premiered a new commission this
week: Shadowboxer, composed by Frank Proto, and based on the life of
boxing champion Joe Louis.
Shadowboxer, the opera
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland
— College Park is presenting Shadowboxer, an opera based on the
life of Joe Louis, with music composed by Frank Proto to a libretto by John
Chenault.