Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, the Metropolitan Opera releases a modern opera while Joyce Didonato continues her exploration of the baroque repertoire. Grounded Deustche Grammophon releases Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s new work in a recording from the Metropolitan Opera. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the opera with {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, audiences get to see a new production of Offenbach’s masterful opera and a new recording of Prokofiev’s rarely performed work. There are also solo album debuts and a new requiem. Requiem of Light Patti Drennan’s newly composed a cappella Requiem Mass {…}
Photo credit: Myles Glancy The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale (PBO) and Grammy Award-winning ensemble Apollo’s Fire will present “DIASPORA: Jewish Music of Longing & Celebration.” In part of PBO’s 8th “Jews & Music” initiative the two historical music ensembles will perform works by Jeannette Sorrell that celebrate her Jewish roots and the Sephardic, Romani, and Ashkenazi musical traditions. PBO’s {…}
