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Alexandra Nowakowski, Michael Kelly, Brian Mextorf Headline Brooklyn Art Song Society’s ‘Testaments’

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(Credit: John Matthew Myers Photography) On February 4, 2022 at 7:30 p.m., the Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) “Testaments” at the First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn. The showcase, the fifth one in the company’s “Beginnings, Middles, and Ends” series, will feature the Songs and Proverbs of William Blake op. 74; 7 romances of Aleksander Blok op. 12; and the Testament {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Brooklyn Art Song Society 2023-24 Review: Circles V – The Minnesota Connection

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(Photo: Catherine Hancock) Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) presented “Circles V: The Minnesota Connection” on Friday, February 2nd 2024 at First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn. The program focused on works by Michael Djupstrom, Libby Larsen, Reinaldo Moya, and Dominick Argento. The pre-lecture before the program began featured Larsen and Moya discussing their works and the Minnesota connection. Larsen’s comments about her work, “The {…}

IndieOpera

Lyric Fest to Present ‘The Song Catcher: The Folk Song Re-imagined’

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Lyric Fest is set to present “The Song Catcher: The Folk Song Re-imagined” on April 9 and 10, 2022. The showcase will feature new works by such composers as  Gregory Brown, John Conahan, Michael Djupstrom, Melissa Dunphy, Jennifer Higdon, Allen Krantz, Gilda Lyons, Robert Maggio, Jeffrey Scott, and Benjamin P. Wenzelberg with performances by Charlotte Blake Alston, Steven Brennfleck, Cree {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Brian Jagde, Juyeon Song, & Laura Strickling Headline New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will experience a wide array of new releases from complete opera recordings to solo albums to rarely performed pieces. Here is a look. Il Tabarro  After an acclaimed “Cavalleria rusticana” recording, PENTATONE, Marek Janowski and the Dresdner Philharmonie release Puccini’s “Il Tabarro.” The new recording features Melody Moore as Giorgetta, Brian Jagde as Luigi, and Lester Lynch {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society Concludes 2018-19 Season With 3 World Premieres

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The Brooklyn Art Song Society will finish off its 2018-19 season with three world premieres and three New York premieres. The concert set for June 7 at the Brooklyn Historical Society will feature sopranos Kristina Bachrach and Marnie Breckenridge alongside baritones Edward Park and Jorell Williams; Breckenridge and Park will be making their Brooklyn Art Song Society debuts. Michael Brofman, {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society Announces 2018-19 Season

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The Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) has announced its 2018-19 season. Per a press release, the company’s new season will kick off with “American Iconoclasts,” a 5-concert survey of some of America’s most prominent composers. The composers to be honored in composers include Charles Ives (Oct. 5, 2018), Samuel Barber (Nov. 2, 2018), Ned Rorem (Jan. 4, 2019), Aaron Copland {…}