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2017-02-15 22:35:41
Lincoln Center Snapshot: Bing, Bernstein, and Balanchine Fifty Years Later
[…] dilettanti . . . all mixed up in one grand olla prodrida, talking in as many tongues as the celebrated artificers of Babel.” Gradually, a general direction materialized, symbolized by great wealth: the opera box. Henry James took note and called it “the only approach to the implication of the tiara known in American law,” the “great vessel of social salvation.” Another observer, known as the dean of New York music critics, was Henry Edward Krehbiel, who in 1908 sagely prophesied that opera in America would remain “experimental” until “the vernacular becomes the language of the performances and native talent provides both works and interpreters.” Less sagely, he added: “The day is far distant, but it will come.” Krehbiel’s prediction was predicated on European practice: opera grew in Italy, Germany, France, and Russia via the evolution of national schools of repertoire and performance style. During this period of gestation, Italians […]
2016-10-17 06:15:00
It's good for any musical ensemble to have an occasional guest conductor. A different leader brings fresh perspectives, different priorities, different ways of working. Donald Krehbiel, founding artistic director of the Orpheus Chamber Singers, is on a ...
2016-10-17 06:15:00
It's good for any musical ensemble to have an occasional guest conductor. A different leader brings fresh perspectives, different priorities, different ways of working. Donald Krehbiel, founding artistic director of the Orpheus Chamber Singers, is on a ...
2016-10-17 06:15:00
It's good for any musical ensemble to have an occasional guest conductor. A different leader brings fresh perspectives, different priorities, different ways of working. Donald Krehbiel, founding artistic director of the Orpheus Chamber Singers, is on a ...
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