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2020-06-28 10:17:27
A Life on-Line: Otello in Birmingham, Wagner's villa at Grange Park Opera, and an immersive, genderswapping Midsummer Night's Dream
[…] here and this felt a little artificial. Still, an intriguing take on what is an enchanting yet problematic story. And the gender swapping continued with the mechanicals to rather thoughtful and striking effect. Saturday was the final of the Live from Covent Garden events, this time a striking mixture of opera and oratorio, chamber music and dance, with a focus on Covent Garden's young artists. We opened with Bach's Concerto for two violins with Vasko Vassilev and Sergey Levitin as soloists, Antonio Pappano conducting a small ensemble. Then mezzo-soprano Stephanie Wake-Edwards gave a terrific account of Dejanira's 'Whither shall I fly' from Handel's Hercules. Operatic excerpts included Mustafa and Lindoro's duet 'Ah! mi perdo mi confondo’ from Rossini's L’Italiana in Algeri sung by Blaise Malaba and Filipe Manu [in fact we saw the pair in Rossini last year, West Green Opera's production of La Cenerentola directed by Victoria Newlyn […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-01-29 23:54:53
From Hip Club to Opera House
[…] has showcased world-renowned artists, designers, scientists, and engineers. In keeping with this cross-disciplinary approach, Le Lab Cambridge will highlight original work by leading international artists and designers in collaboration with scientists from the Boston and Cambridge areas and around the world.” Ecce’s commitment to contemporary music extends through concerts, symposia, and other community-centered events. Switch explores the relationship between an artist and his muse, featuring two vocalists, Amanda DeBoer Bartlett and Mikhail Smigelskii, backed by Vasko Dukovski (clarinet), Keiko Murakami (flutes), Serafim Smigelskiy (cello), and Mike Truesdell (percussion). According to composer/librettist Aylward, the libretto borrows from a range of sources, including Hemingway, Calvino, Mann, Lawrence, and Plato. “Because the libretto draws from ancient, Romantic and contemporary texts, I composed a sonic landscape that also employs a pastiche of vocal styles including Medieval chant and modal Renaissance counterpoint. Thanks to the vocalists’ omnivorousness, I was able to explore a variety of […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-01-26 23:54:53
From Hip Club to Opera House
[…] has showcased world-renowned artists, designers, scientists, and engineers. In keeping with this cross-disciplinary approach, Le Lab Cambridge will highlight original work by leading international artists and designers in collaboration with scientists from the Boston and Cambridge areas and around the world.” Ecce’s commitment to contemporary music extends through concerts, symposia, and other community-centered events. Switch explores the relationship between an artist and his muse, featuring two vocalists, Amanda DeBoer Bartlett and Mikhail Smigelskii, backed by Vasko Dukovski (clarinet), Keiko Murakami (flutes), Serafim Smigelskiy (cello), and Mike Truesdell (percussion). According to composer/librettist Aylward, the libretto borrows from a range of sources, including Hemingway, Calvino, Mann, Lawrence, and Plato. “Because the libretto draws from ancient, Romantic and contemporary texts, I composed a sonic landscape that also employs a pastiche of vocal styles including Medieval chant and modal Renaissance counterpoint. Thanks to the vocalists’ omnivorousness, I was able to explore a variety of […]
2016-01-10 20:25:33
[…] am no musicologist but composers like John Cage, John Adams and yes, Pierre Boulez would, I think, be considered composers and exponents of new music. Unfortunately for me, I became suddenly ill with severe nausea followed by chills and vomiting which required my sudden and untimely departure from the Pierre Boulez tribute less than half way through the show. I was able to see and hear Taka Kigawa on piano, Miranda Cuckson on violin and Vasko Dukovsky on clarinet all performing elegant and moving solo works by Boulez. The works they played would definitely qualify in my estimation at least, as new music. I am so sorry that I could not stay for the rest of the tribute but luckily I am feeling much better this morning and I plan to see King Charles III today at 3 pm so more about that later.
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