At the Mostly Mozart Festival, Davóne Tines and Michael Schachter’s adaptation of a Langston Hughes poem explores African-American history, identity and musical traditions. ByHeidi WalesonJuly 26, 2019 2:57 pm ET New York ‘The Black Clown,” given its New York premiere at the Lynch Theater at John Jay College as part of the Mostly Mozart Festival …
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A new work at the Cincinnati Opera offers a powerful critique of the criminal justice system by focusing on the lives of six people who were wrongly convicted. ByHeidi WalesonJuly 26, 2019 3:30 pm ET Cincinnati ‘Blind Injustice,” given its world premiere by the Cincinnati Opera on Monday, started out as a community partnership project …
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Mostly Mozart.
With period instruments and an unusual orchestral setup, Teatro Nuovo’s productions of two obscure operas by Bellini and Rossini offer a taste of what once made these works so wildly successful. ByHeidi WalesonJuly 19, 2019 4:08 pm ET New York Teatro Nuovo, founded by conductor Will Crutchfield to apply historical performance practice to early 19th-century …
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Teatro Nuovo.
Teatro Nuovo
Sitting at 104 and Riverside.
Mostly Mozart. Satie. Ives. Schumann.
At Opera Saratoga, the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s riveting one-act about a woman with an eating disorder, and a confused, puppet-heavy production of Humperdinck’s fairy-tale opera. Keith Phares and Jennifer Zetlan in ‘Ellen West’ PHOTO: GARY DAVID GOLDJuly 8, 2019 2:42 pm ET Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Ricky Ian Gordon’s riveting one-act opera “Ellen West, ” …
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Opera Saratoga Ricky Ian Gordon’s latest. Totally compelling. His best work to date!
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