Filed under: nature
June 18, 2016 • 9:01 am Comments Off on Tyshawn Sorey
Tyshawn Sorey
June 15, 2016 • 11:34 am Comments Off on John Adams’s New Opera
John Adams’s New Opera
| © Terrence McCarthy/San Francisco Opera |
It’s now official: the newest opera from John Adams, Girls of the Golden West, which during the California Gold Rush in the 1850s, with a libretto by Peter Sellars, will be premiered in the fall of 2017 at San Francisco Opera. SFO has co-commissioned the work with Dallas Opera, Dutch National Opera, and Teatro La Fenice.
Here’s the company’s press release:
SAN FRANCISCO (June 14, 2016) — San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley today announced the Company will present the world premiere commission of Girls of the Golden West, a new opera set during the 1850s California Gold Rush, by the internationally-renowned team of composer John Adams and director/librettist Peter Sellars. Presented at the War Memorial Opera House for seven performances opening November 2017, San Francisco Opera will announce casting, conductor, design team and ticket information in January 2017 as part of the Company’s 2017–18 repertory season.
Filed under: John Adams, music news, San Francisco Opera
June 13, 2016 • 7:31 am Comments Off on Fascinating Rhythms: New Music from Anna Clyne and Classics by Gershwin and Beethoven Make a Stimulating Mix at the Seattle Symphony
Fascinating Rhythms: New Music from Anna Clyne and Classics by Gershwin and Beethoven Make a Stimulating Mix at the Seattle Symphony
Anna Clyne
Not even half over, 2016 has been an unusually painful year, not least for the losses we’ve sustained in the arts. Yet the Seattle Symphony’s final program of the subscription season conveyed abundant reason for optimism, at least as far as the creative spirit goes.
Filed under: Beethoven, review, Seattle Symphony
June 11, 2016 • 12:01 am Comments Off on Courageous Women, Transcendent Visions
Courageous Women, Transcendent Visions
soprano Julia Bullock
My feature on this year’s Ojai at Berkeley Festival curated by Peter Sellars has now been posted:
This year’s Ojai at Berkeley festival focuses on the artistry and impact of powerful, visionary women—not only as creators and performers but as the subjects of the artworks themselves.
Filed under: Ojai Festival, Peter Sellars, Saariaho
June 9, 2016 • 10:54 am Comments Off on The Other Mahler
The Other Mahler
Working on a piece on Alma Mahler’s songs. Nice playlist here:
Filed under: Alma Mahler, women composers
June 7, 2016 • 10:25 am Comments Off on Anna Clyne
Anna Clyne
Getting ready for this week’s U.S. premiere of Anna Clyne’s The Midnight Hour by the Seattle Symphony, which I’ll be covering later in the week.
Filed under: new music, Seattle Symphony
June 2, 2016 • 6:17 am Comments Off on Yannick Nézet-Séguin to the Met
Yannick Nézet-Séguin to the Met
The Met announced today that Yannick Nézet-Séguin will replace James Levine as new Music Director.
Live stream on the news from the Met at 10:00 am EST.
Filed under: Metropolitan Opera, music news
May 31, 2016 • 7:58 am Comments Off on Pairing Masterpieces by Shostakovich and Stravinsky
Pairing Masterpieces by Shostakovich and Stravinsky
Here’s my new story for the Seattle Times on this week’s upcoming Seattle Symphony program:
On Jan. 28, 1936, Dmitri Shostakovich woke up to read a sternly worded condemnation of his music in the official Soviet newspaper, Pravda.
Filed under: Seattle Symphony, Seattle Times, Shostakovich, Stravinsky
MEMETERIA by Thomas May 