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Montréal, May 4, 2022 – Bradyworks, in co-presentation with Chants libres and Le Vivier, announce the world premiere of Backstage at Carnegie Hall : an opera about racism and the electric guitar. The music is by Tim Brady and the libretto is by Audrey Dwyer. The performances will take place on September 23 and 24, 2022 [...]
2022-06-28 19:44:00
Diderot String Quartet. June 26, 2022.
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. Balcony (Center Left, Row 2, free).The Art of the Fugue, BMV 1080 by J. S. Bach (1685-1750). Contrapunctus I, II, III, IV, V, VI in Stylo Francese, VII per Augment et Diminut; IX alla Duodecima.String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) I. Adagio - allegro vivace; II. Adagio non lento; III. Intermezzo; Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto; IV. Presto - Adagio non lento.After a hiatus of two years, the Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts series has resumed this year - its 55th. Our travel schedule allows us to attend only this one and the one on July 8.The quartet was formed in 2012 by musicians trained at Oberlin and Julliard, with an emphasis on historical performances.Scholars are uncertain what Bach had in mind when he composed this music. It is incomplete, and not scored for specific […]
2022-05-31 14:37:32
Longborough, Moreton-in-MarshWith a strong cast including Bradley Daley, Paul Carey Jones’s Wotan and Julieth Lozano’s delightful Woodbird, any weaknesses in the staging were more than compensated for Need Wagner have made Siegfried quite so objectionable? Thomas Mann called him a “buffoon, god of light, and anarchistic social revolutionary all at once”, but it’s not just simply buffoonery, rather innocence tarnished with insolence and the petulance of an overgrown child who’s a bully. Yet in Longborough Festival Opera’s new production, the third stage of its Ring Cycle, directed by Amy Lane, the suggestion is that, brought up by the appalling Mime (Adrian Dwyer), he couldn’t be otherwise. A case of nurture contaminating the nature-boy, who learns better things when out on his own in the wild. All of this can make the first act an attempt at reconciling disparate elements, while at the same time wondering whether Siegfried has a voice […]
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