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2019-11-25 14:39:43
Virgil Thomson, 2019
[…] Choral, from the Sonata. In January of 1926 Thomson’s friend composer George Antheil took him to the home of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. Stein, a poet, a major art collector, hostess of a popular salon and overall an important cultural figure, was 20 year older than Thomson but she took to the young composer. Soon after, Thomson put to music Stein’s playful and abstract poem “Susie Asado” (here performed by the tenor Glenn Siebert with Phillip Bush on the piano); that marked the beginning of their long and fruitful collaboration. In 1927, on Thomson’s suggestion, Gertrude Stein wrote a piece she called “Four Saints in Three Acts”; Thomson used it to compose an opera. The main characters include Ignatius of Loyola and Saint Teresa of Ávila and a whole lot of other saints; the narrative is vague, the plot practically nonexistent: the text revolves around the sound of […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2019-05-20 21:31:26
A NY City Ballet Star Returns – Unannounced And Under A Cloud
Brian Siebert: “In short, this rushed, business-as-usual reintroduction of Amar Ramasar won’t do, though I understand the company’s desire to downplay it.” – The New York Times
2015-09-27 04:00:00
Man Explained - Wagner's Ring
[…] Siegfried Jerusalem, Bodo Brinkmann, Philip Kang, Günter von Kannen, Anne Evans, Eva-Maria Bundschuh, Waltraud Meier, Birgitta Svendén, Linda Finnie, Uta Priew, Hilde Leidland, Annette Küttenbaum, Jane Turner Chor & Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele Daniel Barenboim Teldec Warner 2564 66683-4 (1991) - Courtesy of MIMIC Member Cecco Richard Wagner Das Rheingold Theo Adam, Gerd Nienstedt, Hermin Esser, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gustav Neidlinger, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Martti Talvela, Kurt Böhme, Annelies Burmeister, Anja Silja, Vera Soukupova, Dorothea Siebert, Helga Dernesch, Ruth Hesse Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele Karl Böhm Philips 412 475-2 (1967) - Courtesy of MIMIC Member Cecco Richard Wagner Die Walküre James King, Gerd Nienstedt, Theo Adam, Leonie Rysanek, Birgit Nilsson, Annelies Burmeister, Danica Mastilovic, Helga Dernesch, Gertraud Hopf, Sieglinde Wagner, Liane Synek, Annelies Burmeister, Elisabeth Schärtel, Sona Cervena Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele Karl Böhm Philips 412 478-2 (1967) - Courtesy of MIMIC Member Cecco Richard Wagner Siegfried Wolfgang Windgassen, […]
2015-07-26 13:24:13
* Notes * The Merola Opera Program recently returned to Cowell Theater with a double-bill of The Medium and Gianni Schicchi. Directed by Peter Kazaras and conducted by Mark Morash, the Saturday afternoon performance was engaging and energetic. The Medium is a stark, tense work, and Donald Eastman's simple scenery was enhanced by the Kazaras' straightforward direction. The set is two full walls arranged at angles from an upstage platform with a curtained scrim above it. A few solid pieces of furniture and pretty period costumes completed the ambiance, letting the singers shine. Mezzo-soprano Nicole Woodward was impressively unhinged as Madame Flora (Baba). Her voice is rich. Soprano Madison Leonard made for a devastating Monica, her resonant sound has bite without being harsh. Soprano Kathryn Bowden (Mrs. Gobineau), bass-baritone Austin Siebert (Mr. Gobineau), mezzo-soprano Ashley Dixon as Mrs. Nolan sang well together. Alasdair Kent did a fine job […]
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