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Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Director Emilio Sagi on ‘Il Pirata’ & His Passion For Bel Canto

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(Credit: Javier del Real) Few opera directors have had as much influence as Emilio Sagi. After nearly 40 years, he is not just any other opera director – he is a brand and an icon, his work easily identifiable. He debuted in his native Oviedo with “La Traviata” in 1980 before triumphing in Madrid with “Don Pasquale” in 1982. Since {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Theater an der Wien 2018-19 Season Review: Der Freischütz

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In non-German speaking countries, Carl Maria von Weber’s 1821 opera “Der Freischütz” is a bit of a seltener Vogel. In the past five years, apart from Matthias Hartmann’s memorable production at La Scala in 2017 and Mark Elder’s concert version at the Royal Festival Hall the year before, Anglophone audiences remain largely unexposed to this groundbreaking romantic German opera. The {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Tiroler Landestheater 2018 Review: The Fall Of The House of Usher

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October saw the opening of Innsbruck’s Haus der Musik, containing two concert halls and a small theater for staged works. Costing €62.7m, it is a splendid modern building, with a large glass front surrounded by dark ceramic paneling. Sitting next to the Landestheater, with its ochre-colored neoclassical façade, dominated by its four Corinthian columns, and opposite to the Hofburg palace, {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Fay Kueen Wang On ‘Orfeo’ & The Beijing Music Festival

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Composer and performer Fay Kueen Wang’s is a multi-faceted performer who has drawn inspiration from avant-garde concert music, theater, film, electronic music, Chinese folk music, and indie pop, garnering rave reviews along the way.  She has performed across China, Europe, and the United States in such prestigious venues as the Berliner Philharmonie, Lincoln Center, Arnold Schoenberg Center, Musikverein, Oper Graz, Merkin Hall, Joseph {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Angel’s Share 2018-19 Season Review: Gregg Kallor’s ‘Sketches from Frankenstein’

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What has been the most unusual venue you’ve ever been to for an operatic performance? Have one in mind? Great. Well, in a few moments, I will describe mine, from this past Friday, October 12, 2018. Unison Media, a company promoting and curating very different classical music events, teamed up with – if one can use such a cavalier expression {…}

News

Unison Media & Green-Wood Unite To Present The Angel’s Share

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Unison Media and The Green-Wood Historic Fund have announced “The Angel’s Share,” a new series of opera and chamber music concerts taking place in Green-Wood’s remarkable Catacombs. The catacombs are one of the oldest structures in the 478-acre National Historic Landmark cemetery and were built in the 1850s. The series takes its name from the distiller’s term for whiskey that {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Oper Graz 2017-18 Review – ll Viaggio a Reims: Rossini Comedy a Sparkling Triumph Worthy of Maison Krug.

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Gioachino Rossini was not just an enormously successful composer and gourmand extraordinaire, but also a highly astute businessman. When he eventually went to the celestial grande bouffe in 1868, he left an estate worth millions of francs. According to Sosthènes de la Rochefoucauld, Rossini composed “Il Viaggio a Reims” as “un homage complètement désintéressé,” which was 19th century French Court-speak for {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Composer Daniel Thomas Davis on Creating ‘Family Secrets: Kith and Kin’ With 7 Librettists

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The year 2018 is shaping up to be a major one for composer Daniel Thomas Davis. On Feb. 15 and 16, he will witness the staged premiere of his 2015 opera “Family Secrets: Kith and Kin” and then, this weekend, his opera “Six. Twenty. Outrageous,” will also get its world premiere. The composer hails from North Carolina and has had {…}