Carla Lucero & Carson Gilmore Collaborate on Aria Film

Composer Carla Lucero has partnered with filmmaker Carson Gilmore to bring an aria from her opera “Juana” to film. The project emerged from the aria “Sin vos” from “Juana” being featured on Navona Records’ “Tapestry of Voices,” Vol. 2. The two creators teamed together to create a film version of the aria that ultimately would be released in tandem with {…}

Mar 6, 2024

CD Review: Navona Records’ ‘All is Mere Breath’

“Havel havalim, hakol hevel” from Kohelet 1:2 is commonly translated as “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity,” or equally pessimistic, “All is futile.” Yet “hevel” can also mean “vapor” or “mist,” and by extension “breath.” It dons an existential facet which blends with the divine or, in other words, the life force which God instills in Creation. To Nicholas Weininger {…}