(Credit: Chris Singer) Only seven days before the COVID-19 pandemic fell on our heads, American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato was in New York portraying the role of Agrippina at the Metropolitan Opera House. Taking on the role of the cunning queen, DiDonato already had been in the eye of the storm. At that moment very few people really understood well what {…}
(Credits: Nadine Boyd Photography/Cristina Haldane) The Edinburgh International Festival has announced a virtual program for its 2020 edition. In partnership with Scottish artists and national arts companies, “My Light Shines On” features original performances that have been filmed inside venues such as the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, The King’s Theatre, Leith Theatre, The Hub, Usher Hall and The Queen’s Hall. “My {…}
(Credit: Barbara Luisi) The Dallas Symphony Orchestra announced on Friday that it will present a new curated fall season of short concerts with smaller ensembles playing to a maximum audience of 75 people per performance. The redesigned fall season at the Meyerson Symphony Center, with a maximum seating capacity of 2,602, will begin on Sept. 4. The fall season will {…}
The New York Philharmonic has announced a Mahler Digital Festival. The streaming festival will begin on April 16 with Symphony No.1 followed by Young People’s Concert with Leonard Bernstein on April 18. On April 20 the Kindertotenlieder will be shown with Thomas Hampson and on April 22, a virtual walking tour will be available. April 23 will be entitled Mahler {…}
(Photo Credit: Dario Acosta) February 4, 2020, saw the latest installment of Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series, with the evening’s recital featuring renowned mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, accompanied by Malcolm Martineau. The program, titled “Fauenliebe und –leben: Variations,” took Schumann’s song cycle and fleshed out a fuller narrative, using a breadth of musical works from other composers which spanned eight languages. {…}
On March 7, 2019, lovers of classical music gathered at the Church of the Intercession for the latest installment of Unison Media’s celebrated series, The Crypt Sessions. These concerts, curated by company president Andrew Ousley, often sell-out in minutes due to not only the limited size of the crypt, but the world-class performers that fill its depth with music. This {…}
On September 30, 2018, The Orchestra Now (TON) will take to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to launch their 2018 fall season. The concerts come as part of TON’s “Sight & Sound” series held at the museum. The September 30 performance, titled “Mahler and the Feminine Ideal,” will feature the art of Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso with Mahler’s “Kindertotenlier,” which {…}
Gustav Mahler. Born on July 7, he was one of the greatest composers and musicians of all time. At times, chamber music, at others full-blown symphonic as never heard before, at other times operatic, at times in the vein of Eastern music (as Leonard Bernstein repeatedly noted), at times looking backwards to the past of western music, but stretching modern {…}