Author Archives: Andy Manshel

PROTOTYPE – OPERA | THEATRE | NOW is an annual festival of visionary opera-theatre and music-theatre works by pioneering contemporary artists from New York City and around the world. — Read on prototypefestival.org/shows/iron-and-coal/

2019-20 Season: New Year’s Eve — Read on nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/1920/new-years-eve

William Kentridge’s new production of Alban Berg’s work at the Metropolitan Opera is rich, expansive and revelatory on stage and in the pit. ByHeidi WalesonDec. 30, 2019 2:46 pm ET Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck” (1925) tends to be thought of as bitter medicine with its brutal story and its harsh, often atonal score. Think again. The new …

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Metropolitan Opera | Wozzeck — Read on http://www.metopera.org/season/2019-20-season/wozzeck/

Blue Heron – Music Before 1800 — Read on mb1800.org/concert/blue-heron-4/

2019-20 Season: Handel’s Messiah — Read on nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/1920/handels-messiah

Joyce DiDonato teams with renowned conductor-pianist Yannick Nézet-Séguin in Schubert’s compellingly tragic ‘Winterreise.’ Get tickets. — Read on http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2019/12/15/Joyce-DiDonato-Mezzo-Soprano-Yannick-Nezet-Seguin-Piano-0200PM

A Bright Room Called Day — Read on publictheater.org/productions/season/1920/bright-room/

Mila is an original chamber opera that explores the plight of Hong Kong’s domestic foreign workers through the tensions and relationships within a Hong Kong family. — Read on asiasociety.org/new-york/events/mila

Heartbeat Opera | Der Freischütz (2019) — Read on http://www.heartbeatopera.org/der-freischutz