Victoria – Victoria (Opera)
In Fall 2012, composer/conductor Victoria Bond’s opera Mrs. President premieres at Anchorage Opera in Alaska. Its “out of town” tryout is on Monday July 9th … in New York at…
The Opera Librettos of Maurice Sendak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSbOCfIh3HI There has been plenty of eulogizing and assessment of Maurice Sendak’s remarkable career, most of it focused (rightly so) on his wonderful books. While Sendak’s work in opera and…
Behind the Green Umbrella: Lust, Sado-Masochism, and Incest in Andriessen’s “Anais Nin”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwZ9uPQw33E&feature=youtu.be Two American premieres of important new works by Louis Andriessen at the LA Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella concert tomorrow evening (Feb. 28), 8 pm. Get there at 7 pm for…
Because Opera Directors Look for New Operas on Ebay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oOj1EKSS6M This has got to be a first. Luis Andrei Cobo is offering his services to compose a grand opera to the highest Ebay bidder. For $150,000 you can buy…
Hope on the Horizon for New Opera in New York
Many of us waited with bated breath during the recent breakdown of talks between management and the orchestra at NYC Opera. Even though the season is proceeding, the company’s plan…
Dog-on-Bone: Making an Opera in 24 Years of Easy Steps
In the past week I’ve received emails from
Remarkable Theater Brigade: Opera Shorts ’11
Rehearsing Tom Cipullo’s The Husbands Opera Shorts Presented by Remarkable Theater Brigade Weill Recital Hall, NYC Fri, Nov 4, 2011 Seeing the Remarkable Theater Brigade’s production Opera Shorts, it is…
Too Many Shows: Zombie-clone reviewers frowned upon!
Once again, we find ourselves in the thick of things. The New York concert season is reaching a fever pitch of pre-holiday season intensity, in which presenters and ensembles try…
Smooke’s “nonopera” premieres in Brooklyn on Friday
This Spring, Baltimore-based composer David Smooke composed Criminal Element, a “nonopera” in a fabricated language, for Rhymes with Opera, a company devoted to presenting opera in nontraditional spaces. Alongside works…