Q & A: Director Jorinde Keesmaat on ‘SHE/HER/ME’ & the Female Perspective in Opera for International Women’s Day

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(Photo: Welmer Keesmaat) Director Jorinde Keesmaat is working on the concept and staging of a new project, “SHE/HER/ME,” an opera film installation with film and dialogue by Jean Cocteau, music by Philip Glass, and new composition by Molly Joyce. Keesmaat was invited as the keynote speaker to a Women’s Leadership event, ahead of International Women’s Day, to the Consulate General {…}

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David T. Little’s ‘SIN-EATER’ to Get U.S. & European Premieres

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(Photo credit: Maria Allen) “SIN-EATER” is set to get its U.S. and European premiere this fall. First up, the work, co-commissioned by The Crossing and Penn Live Arts, premieres Oct. 14, 2023 at Penn Live Arts’ Harold Prince Theatre in Philadelphia, PA. A few weeks later, “SIN-EATER” will get its European premiere on Nov. 9, 2023, at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t {…}

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The Crossing Announces 2023-24 Season

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The three-time Grammy Award-winning choir The Crossing has announced its 2023-24 season titled “Sin Eating.” Donald Nally leads the season featuring several world premieres and commissions by Tania León, Ayanna Woods, David T. Little, Gabriela Ortiz, Gavin Bryars, and David Lang, plus The Crossing’s second Resident Composer, Nina Shekhar. “Crickets in our Backyard” highlights the works of Tania León, Wang Lu, {…}

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Opera Wuppertal Announces 2023-24 Season

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Opera Wuppertal has announced its 2023-24 season, the first under Artistic Director Rebekah Rota. The season opens with “Angel’s Bone” by Du Yun. The opera will be conducted by Johannes Witt and directed by Jorinde Keesmaat. Performance Date: Sept. 1, 2023 Next up is “Tristan und Isolde” which will be conducted by Patrick Hahn and directed by Martin Andersson. Performance {…}

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PRISM Quartet & Bryn Mawr College of Performing Arts to Present ‘Mending Wall’

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PRISM Quartet is set to present “Mending Wall” this February. Named after the 1914 poem by Robert Frost, the concert seeks to explore the meaning of walls by and questions of identity, community, and freedom. The concert will see works from four composers: George Lewis, Arturo O’Farrill, Juri Seo, and Martin Bresnick. Originally slated for March 2022, the work has {…}

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Mending Wall – How PRISM Saxophone Quartet Joined Forces with Soprano Tony Arnold for a Unique Musical Journey

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This article has been updated from the original published on Mar. 6, 2020. In February 2022, PRISM saxophone quartet will present the long-awaited world premiere of “Mending Wall,” a fully staged production that examines the meaning of walls and the questions surrounding identity, community, division, and freedom. The performances will be presented in Pennsylvania at the Bryn Mawr Performing Arts {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Center for Contemporary Opera 2018 Review: Pascal Dusapin’s “To Be Sung” and Stein’s Intimate Love Affair

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“To Be Sung” was written in 1997 as Pascal Dusapin’s third opera. Set to Gertrude Stein’s text extracts from “A Lyrical Opera Made By Two,” Dusapin illuminated Stein’s modernist writing style and created a unique synergy between her intimate story and textual sound. The Center for Contemporary Opera recently presented this impactful opera under the direction of Jorinde Keesmaat, who created {…}

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Q & A: Director Jorinde Keesmaat on ‘SHE/HER/ME’ & the Female Perspective in Opera for International Women’s Day

David T. Little’s ‘SIN-EATER’ to Get U.S. & European Premieres

The Crossing Announces 2023-24 Season

Opera Wuppertal Announces 2023-24 Season

PRISM Quartet & Bryn Mawr College of Performing Arts to Present ‘Mending Wall’

Mending Wall – How PRISM Saxophone Quartet Joined Forces with Soprano Tony Arnold for a Unique Musical Journey

Center for Contemporary Opera 2018 Review: Pascal Dusapin’s “To Be Sung” and Stein’s Intimate Love Affair