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Reviews, Stage Reviews

Death of Classical 2023 Review: The Protecting Veil

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Death of Classical’s “The Angel’s Share” presented John Tavener’s “The Protecting Veil,” arranged and conducted by Matthew Aucoin with solo cellist Joshua Roman and the Contemporaneous ensemble, at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery on May 26th 2023. Matthew Aucoin, a well-known composer in the opera world, interpreted this work with a thoughtful awareness of Tavener’s meditative and oftentimes exaggerated dualistic symbolism. This is portrayed throughout {…}

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Exploring Three Operas Based on LGBTQ+ Relationships from History

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Over the years, opera has come to embody an artform that represents all shades of the human experience.  From the traditional to the abstract, every form of love that can be expressed on earth has come to the operatic stage to live. One of those shades is the love shared between those belonging to the LGBT+ community. Some of the {…}

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Metropolitan Opera to Present 17 Contemporary Works in Next Five Seasons

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The Metropolitan Opera is set to present 17 company premieres of contemporary works over the next five seasons. In a recent interview with Peter Gelb and Yannick Nezet-Seguin, the two said that the company was committed to bringing new works to the public and finding the right balance between the classics and the new operas. The article noted that the {…}

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Opéra National de Paris Atelier 2023 Review: Carte Blanche

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Gustavo Dudamel’s “Carte Blanche” concerts often problematize the contamination of all music by opera. I use “contaminate” in the best sense, since opera, according to Matthew Aucoin, has the capacity to aggregate and change all the arts involved in its making: theater, music, literature, and visual arts: they will never be the same. The latest “Carte Blanche” concert was sold—auspiciously—as {…}

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Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Renée Fleming & Joyce DiDonato Lead Classical Grammy Nominations

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The Grammy Awards have announced their nominations for 2023 with the Metropolitan Opera leading the field in the classical categories. In the Best Opera Recording category Matthew Aucoin’s “Eurydice” was nominated alongside Terrence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut up in my Bones” and Anthony Davis’ “X – The Life And Times Of Malcolm X” “Eurydice” features Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Barry Banks, Nathan Berg, {…}

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Angel Blue, Sasha Cooke, Isabel Leonard & Nahuel di Pierro Highlight Houston Grand Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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The Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2022–23 season featuring operatic productions. Here is a look. Verdi’s “La Traviata” opens the season with Angel Blue and Cecilia Violetta López sharing the title role. They are joined by Bryan Hymel, Ricardo Garcia, Andrei Kymach, and Anthony Clark Evans. Matthew Aucoin conducts the production by Arin Arbus. Performance Dates: Oct. 21-Nov. 8, 2022 Dame Ethel Smyth’s {…}

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Angel Blue Headlines Philadelphia Orchestra’s Historical Program

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(Credit: Billy Diaz) Angel Blue is set to headline a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra. The program, which is set to be performed on Feb. 3-5 at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and later on Feb. 8 at Carnegie Hall in NYC, will see the soprano joined by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. She will perform Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: {…}