Philip Glass’s 1980 work, new to the London stage, gives an illustrated account of Mahatma
Gandhi’s early years in South Africa, viewed through the eyes of his satyagraha philosophy of peaceful resistance.
Category: Reviews
Satyagraha at ENO
PENDERECKI: Symphony no. 7
Krzyzstof Penderecki (b. 1933) has contributed a body of works to the modern repertoire, and his Symphony no. 7, which he composed 1996 (premiere 1997 in Jerusalem), is an impressive composition.
MAHLER: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
The orchestral songs of Gustav Mahler remain an important contribution to the genre, and stand
well alongside similar works by Berlioz, Wolf, and Strauss.
City Opera Presents La Donna del Lago
The New York City Opera continued its tradition of championing works that are less frequently
performed with this season’s production of La Donna del Lago.
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Sadko
This sumptuous 2006 release was recorded live in the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg in late
1993 for European TV broadcast the following year.
Handel’s Flavio at NYCO
Incongruity was the rule of the day in the New York City Opera’s production of Handel’s Flavio, which opened on Wednesday, April 4.
Passion, pain paired in Berlin
It was, of course, a coincidence; on the other hand, on Berlin’s vital, vibrant and
all-encompassing arts scene one is continually overwhelmed by new perspectives on the creative
process and its product.
L’invitation au voyage: Mélodies from La belle époque
“Linvitation au voyage” is an appropriate title for this collection of French song, which makes available a number of fine performances of both familiar and rare works.
WAGNER: Lohengrin
With a label such as Gala, a purveyor of live recordings of various provenance, some adjustment to compromised sound quality can be expected.
A bride for sale at the Baltimore Lyric
The latest offering from the Baltimore Lyric Opera was Bedrich Smetanaís sparkling comedy Prodana Nevesta (ìBartered Brideî), a little gem of Czech Romantic nationalism that one does not see live very often these days.