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Q & A: Bass Hao Jiang Tian on iSING! Suzhou International Young Artists Festival’s ‘Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems’

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Back in 1983, Hao Jiang Tian arrived in New York from Beijing with $35 in his pocket and limited communication skills in English. One of his first stops from that trip was the Metropolitan Opera where he witnessed a performance of “Ernani” with Luciano Pavarotti. A decade later, Tian would take the stage with the famed Italian singer as part {…}
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The True Believers of Giordano’s Rarely Performed ‘Fedora’

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On December 31, David McVicar’s new production of Umberto Giordano’s “Fedora” opens at the Metropolitan Opera. The controversial work has not been performed there complete in 25 years. Yet, many alluring facets of “Fedora” make the opera a most inspired New Year’s Eve choice. The second act’s opening party sequence, for instance, includes a grand waltz danced in Fedora‘s lavish Paris {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro Real de Madrid 2022-23 Review: La Sonnambula (Cast B)

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The Teatro Real de Madrid has rounded out the year with 13 performances of Bellini’s “La Sonnambula,” a title which had not been performed in Madrid for 22 years. What is often considered Bellini’s most balanced composition was presented with a strong double cast of international singers and a new production directed by the Spanish stage director Barbara Lluch. Salem {…}
Interviews

Q & A: Ukrainian Organizations on ‘Notes from Ukraine: 100 Years of Carol of the Bells’ Concert

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On December 4, 2022, Carnegie Hall will host a celebration of Ukrainian culture titled “Notes From Ukraine: 100 Years of ‘Carol of the Bells.’” The concert marks the centennial anniversary of the American premiere of Mykola Leontovych’s  “Shchedryk.” The English adaptation known as “Carol of the Bells” has gone on to become an iconic Christmas song. It premiered at Carnegie {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Janacek Brno Festival 2022 Review: The Diary Of One Who Disappeared

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(Photo: Festival Janacek Brno) Janacek’s song cycle “The Diary of One Who Disappeared” is a regular inclusion at the Janacek Brno Festival. Yet such have been the variety of performances, they can often appear as very different works. At the 2020 festival, the cycle was presented as a staged work using Janáček’s own staging instructions, with Pavol Breslik in the {…}
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The Cleveland Orchestra Announces Select Performances for 2023 Blossom Music Festival

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Photo: Roger Mastroianni The Cleveland Orchestra has announced select performances for Blossom Music Festival 2023. The concerts will take place at the Blossom Music Center in Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley National Park from July 1-Sept. 3, 2023. Blossom Music Center is the summer home of The Cleveland Orchestra. For this article, only vocal music is listed. The performances kick off with {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Barbican 2022 Review: An Anatomy of Melancholy

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(Credit: © Cordula Treml) “An Anatomy of Melancholy” is a new 75-minute show from countertenor Iestyn Davies and lutenist Thomas Dunford, designed and directed by Netia Jones. Its title comes from Robert Burton’s famous seventeenth-century treatise on the various varieties of despair and mania that make up what now wears the guise of depression and anxiety.  The musical thread connecting {…}
Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A : Ashkenaz Festival Artistic Director Eric Stein on Reviving ‘Bas Sheve’ & the Importance of Jewish Representation

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Once considered lost since its premiere in 1924 Warsaw but miraculously rediscovered in 2017 by German Musicologist Dr. Diana Matut while digging through the archives of Yale University Library, the Yiddish-language opera “Bas Sheve” (the first known opera in the Yiddish language) finally received its North American premiere at the 2022 Ashkenaz Festival. Dubbed one of the “largest and most {…}

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