‘Each action will derive new grace
From order, measure, time and place;’ (Milton, Il
Penseroso)
Category: Performances
Mark Morris Dance Group: L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Why Can’t a Girl Get a Head in Heidelberg?
Had John Carpenter come up with the “beheading” of John the Baptist, it might have not been too much different from the effect we endured in the new Salome produced by the Heidelberg City Theatre.
Ailish Tynan, Wigmore Hall
Thoughtfully devised by Iain Burnside, this recital juxtaposed ballad with
art song, pastoral with love lyric, dark with light, mournful with carefree. An
imaginative sequence of songs, woven together according to linking themes,
confirmed that Ireland truly is a ‘land of song’.
Partenope, NYCO
One of the City Opera’s happiest ventures over the years has been their Handel series.
LA Opera finishes formidable Ring
The boo’s were boisterous when director/designer Achim Freyer came on stage at the end of Gˆtterd‰mmerung in Los Angeles’ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on April 3.
Il Turco in Londra
It may be possible that there is no more effervescent entertainment on stage
in London now than the tirelessly clever revival of Il Turco in
Italia now playing at the Royal Opera House.
Hamlet, New York
Design is rotten in Denmark, evidently — and in every other grand
opera locale. “Palace” has come to mean “high school
basement,” or that’s what they look like. “Royal” is
synonymous with sleazy men in suits.
A Composer Grows before his Work — The Grapes of Wrath at Carnegie Hall
Many congratulations and thanks are in order to the Collegiate Chorale for
bringing Ricky Ian Gordon’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath to New York audiences this week.
Christianne Stotijn at the Wigmore Hall
Unlike instrumental players, singers “are” their instrument. They aren’t machines. Performance is affected by many shifting factors, which need to be understood.
Angels in America, Eˆtvˆs at the Barbican for the BBC
Angels in America, Peter Eˆtvˆs’s opera based on the Tony Kushner plays, received its London premiere. This was very high profile. David Robertson conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a performance that will be broadcast internationally, online on www.bbc.co.uk/radio3.