ENSEMBLE AND PERFORMER NEWSLa Monnaie to Kick Off Brussels Season With YvonneSeptember 02, 2010 Brussels' opera La Monnaie opens its season Sept. 9 with Philippe Boesmans' Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy, starring Mireille Delunsch, Paul Gay and Dorte Lyssewski. Full season details announced.
Turtle Island Quartet Re-Imagine Jimi Hendrix, With Strings August 31, 2010 The Turtle Island Quartet has earned rave reviews for their jazzy take on traditional chamber music and their classical take on traditional jazz. Now, they're taking on another style altogether: the music of Jimi Hendrix.
New York City Opera Season Casting Announced August 25, 2010 New York City Opera released full casting, creative team, and production details for the company’s 2010-2011 season. Lauren Flanigan, Stefania Dovhan, Mary Dunleavy, Cyndia Sieden and a host of Broadway favorites inhabit the roster.
Bocelli to Perform at Metropolitan Opera August 23, 2010 Over the course of his career Andrea Bocelli has sold millions of records, helped to close out the 2010 World Cup in a grand finale concert, performed “Jingle Bells” with the Muppets and been praised by no less an authority than Celine Dion. But he has never performed on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera.
Cut above as Figaro goes to the flicks August 18, 2010 Opera Australia is about to gain a worldwide audience following a deal to screen its Sydney Opera House performances in cinemas around Australia and overseas.
Dale Warland's Transcendent Choral Sound August 12, 2010 Dale Warland, the conductor of this concert, was raised on an Iowa farm, and one of his earliest memories is of a train whistle wafting over the cornfields late at night. Even as a boy, he remembers thinking how beautiful that three-note chord was. In his nearby country church, he deepened that appreciation for the beauty of a chord, listening to the choir and congregation sing.
Chamber and Beyond August 10, 2010 Doubts about the city's ability to support two competing classical music festivals have eased now that both have wrapped up a successful year.
Assad Brothers Bring Brazil To Savannah August 10, 2010 Compositions for classical guitar duo are few and far between, but Brazilian guitarists Sergio and Odair Assad treat that as an opportunity, not an obstacle. When the brothers find music they like, they rework it for guitar. This year at the Savannah Music Festival, they played several of their own arrangements, in an imaginative program that showcased music from their homeland, along with nods to Spain and Argentina, and an original composition inspired by the side of their family with Lebanese roots.
At a Chicago Orchestra, Diversity Is on the Program August 08, 2010 The Chicago Sinfonietta is an orchestra that was founded in 1987 to give classical musicians who are members of minority groups greater professional opportunities. In a field with a minuscule number of black performers, it prides itself on the racial composition of its players, staff members and board, with roughly half representing minorities. So the orchestra’s leaders thought long and hard about the issue of race when it came to choosing a successor to Paul Freeman as music director. Mr. Freeman, who is black, started the group and is retiring after next season.
World Orchestra for Peace to promote UNESCO’s message through music August 03, 2010 The United Nations cultural agency has selected the World Orchestra for Peace, an ensemble of musicians from more than 40 countries, to help promote its message and programmes and raise public awareness of its work on key issues.
Have you ever heard Britney or Salt-n-Pepa songs on cello? July 30, 2010 Salt-n-Pepa's No. 1 hit "Push It" doesn't have a cello part … right? Well, for members of the Portland Cello Project, that late-'80s rap song not only could have a cello part, it is perfect for the cello.
Deborah Voigt to Go Annie Oakley at Glimmerglass July 28, 2010 Next summer will bring something a little different for Deborah Voigt, who is set to star in The Glimmerglass Festival's production of the classic Irving Berlin musical Annie Get Your Gun.
World-class pianist and former Closter resident Min Kwon is opening a new school for musicians July 21, 2010 For Closter native and world-class pianist Min Kwon, a fulfilled musical career, at least in the classical world, depends heavily on your education.
Opera Theatre season hits high note July 13, 2010 The 2010 season at Opera Theatre of St. Louis solidified the company's standing as one of the country's premiere opera festivals.
Los Angeles Opera's 'Ring' ends with a deficit but potential new patrons July 01, 2010 The $31-million production has a nearly $6-million deficit, but the company says discounted tickets brought in a 'younger, more diverse' crowd.
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Receives 9th ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming June 28, 2010 At the National Conference of the League of American Orchestras, held June 16-19 in Atlanta, Georgia, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra received an ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, the ninth in the orchestra's history.
Soprano serenades doctors after lung transplant June 24, 2010 When Charity Tillemann-Dick was 4, her parents took her to her first opera. "'Hansel and Gretel' was spellbinding for me," she said. "I knew I wanted to sing and that I wouldn't be happy doing anything else." More than 20 years later, the petite blonde has performed in operas across the world, at the prestigious Franz Liszt Academy of Music and the National Palace of the Arts in Budapest, Hungary, the Kennedy Center in Washington, and at several popular music festivals in Italy. But last month, she sang for the most important audience she'll ever have -- the doctors and nurses at Ohio's Cleveland Clinic.
New Name, Same Talent: Yundi At WNYC June 19, 2010 The artist formerly known as Yundi Li is a superstar in his native China. His face shows up on billboards and ads almost as much as that of his colleague and contemporary, Lang Lang, but the young pianist has dropped his family name and now goes by his given name only. As Yundi, he told us that he hopes to offer a friendlier, more accessible profile to his sizable global audience.
Meeting Congo's Symphony Orchestra June 16, 2010 Jonathan Dimbleby meets the musicians of the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra rehearsing in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
ENO podcast: Edward Gardner June 14, 2010 Edward Gardner is no longer English National Opera's best kept secret. The former choral scholar and repetiteur goes from strength to strength helming ENO through productive and interesting times.
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