(Photo Credit: Francesco Bondi) The Haydn Foundation, centered in Bolzano, produces classical music concerts and opera for towns and cities across Italy’s Trentino-Alto Adige region. The current season included two performances of Toshio Hosokawa’s 2004 chamber opera “Hanjo” at Trento’s Teatro Sociale. Hosokawa is a German-trained composer who seeks inspiration for his music in Japan’s cultural heritage, and “Hanjo” is {…}
The San Francisco-based Telegraph Quartet will premiere “Contrapassos” on June 18 and 21, 2022. The work by composer Robert Sirota and librettist Stevan Cavalier will star soprano Abigail Fischer and will be paired with music by Beethoven and Schoenberg. “The piece begins with memories of the quotidian joys of childhood, quickly turning to darkness and thoughts of early death by {…}
On February 6, 2022, Telegraph Quartet will present the world premiere of composer Robert Sirota and librettist Stevan Cavalier’s “Contrapassos.” Commissioned by the Sierra Chamber Society, this new work was originally meant to premiere in March 2020 as part of Sirota@70, a celebration of the company’s 70th anniversary. The concert will see the new work presented along with Beethoven’s “String {…}
