Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Boulezian
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Bard SummerScape’s concert staging of Die Tote Stadt emerged triumphant thanks to Clay Hilley and Sara Jakubiak .Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from parterre box
Born on this day in 1918 (not that she'd admit it) author and actress Jacqueline Susann .Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Opera Today
Though Luigi Cherubini long outlived the carnage of the French Revolution his 1797 opéra comique [with spoken dialogue] Médée fell well within the “horror opera” genre that responded to the spirit of its time. These days however Médée is...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Neil Kurtzman
Death in opera is a frequent event. But there aren’t that many operas in which everyone goes to the final reward. I’m defining everyone as all of the principal roles. Here are four. I’m sure if I dug a little deeper or...Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from Opera Today
Tchaikovsky’s grand opera The Queen of Spades might seem an unlikely fit for the multi-purpose room of the Pavilion on the Glimmerglass campus but that qualm would fail to reckon with the superior creative gifts of the production team at...Monday, August 19, 2019 from Opera Today
Glimmerglass Festival has commendably taken on a potent social theme in producing the World Premiere of composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist Tazewell Thompson’s Blue.Monday, August 19, 2019 from Opera Today
From the shimmering first sounds and alluring opening visual effects of Glimmerglass Festival’s The Ghosts of Versailles, it was apparent that we were in for an evening of aural and theatrical splendors worthy of its namesake palace.Monday, August 19, 2019 from Opera Today
For months we were threatened with a “feminist take” on Verdi’s boiling 1851 melodrama; the program essay was a classic mashup of contemporary psychobabble perfectly captured in its all-caps headline: DESTRUCTIVE PARENTS, TOXIC...Monday, August 19, 2019 from parterre box
Whitney George ’s music falls pleasingly upon the ear and is wittily scored for a small ensemble conducted by herself.Monday, August 19, 2019 from Pointe Magazine
Wonder what's going on in ballet this week? We've rounded up some highlights. Jacob's Pillow's 2019 Fest Closes With Boston Ballet We know that summer's coming to an end when the annual Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival wraps up. August...Monday, August 19, 2019 from Pointe Magazine
Ballet competitions are an exciting part of any dancer's career. Yet while scholarships, prize money, job offers and the prestige that comes with winning a medal are compelling incentives to participate in one, they're not the only...Monday, August 19, 2019 from Pointe Magazine
Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based ThePointeShop chats with American Ballet Theatre soloist Skylar Brandt to hear about how she prepares her pointe shoes. We think Brandt might win an award for how long she...Monday, August 19, 2019 from operaramblings
Yesterday I saw the culmination of the project that I had seen in rehearsal earlier in the week. The Ukrainian Art Song Project Summer Intensive presented 21 songs in a linked narrative about losing and regaining inspiration. It was...Monday, August 19, 2019 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
Dancers’ Career Development’s (DCD)EVOLVE workshop is coming to Dance Hub Birmingham on 13 October Places are limited, so book today by clicking here thedcd.org.uk/evolve! ... [[ This is a content summary only....