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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-11-14 15:52:55
An Operatic Feast for the Common Man
[…] strength of the soprano seemed to overpower both the tenor and accompaniment. With the addition of the flute and viola into the texture, Tom Cipullo adapted a poem by the authentically New Englander William Carpenter in The Husbands. After four operas with merely piano accompaniment, the trio, led by the lively and lyrical pianist Patricia Au, provided a wider range of musical colors and interactive possibilities. Through beautiful neoromantic undulations and dreamlike passages, dancer Julie Leavitt portrayed the quaint adventures of a group of elderly women and their nostalgic reflections; the two vocalists acted as observing narrators, accentuating their enthusiasm through coalescing melodies. The admirable ensemble cohesion brought these individual characters and musicians into a unified narrative. At one moment flutist Nicholas Southwick intensely focused on soprano Jessica Jacobs to produce a seamless unison response and accent to the poetry before delving into his own melodious solo. The words of […]
2016-09-02 09:29:24
FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents "A House of Glass" in concert on Monday September 12, 2016 at 7 PM. Broadway's Joshua Morgan , Lawrence Clayton , Leah Horowitz , Jelani Remy , Austin Colby , Theresa McCarthy and Megan Kane take part in a one night only concert version of this exciting new musical! The evening is written by Paul Leavitt , Shelley Herman Gillon and Harriet McFaul Pilger .
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2016-02-27 09:21:59
What is Herbert von Karajan doing on HBO?
[…] Winter. While not a documentary, or even a docudrama “Vinyl” shows many of the personality types that have been in the record business since its inception. Most the events in the show have happened at one time or another, just not at the same time, by the same people, in the same place. Richie Fenestra is played by Scorsese favorite Bobby Cannavale. Also on the staff at American Century are P. J. Byrne as Scott Leavitt, the lawyer for American Century; Max Casella as Julian “Julie” Silver, the head of A&R of American Century, J. C. Mackenzie as Skip Fontaine, head of sales for American Century, in his introduction is shown dumping box lots of unsold LPs in to the harbor in New Jersey, and Ray Romano as Zak Yankovich, Richie’s best friend and head of promotions at American Century. Yankovich is introduced supplying a disc Jockey with Cocaine which […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2015-07-09 17:24:40
Jacob’s Pillow Director Leaves For New-Created Position At Mellon Foundation
Ella Baff has been at Jacob’s Pillow, which is home to America’s longest-running dance festival, for 17 years. In a statement, Mark Leavitt, the board chairman at Jacob’s Pillow, wished Baff well. “The Mellon Foundation is an important institution that has been a longtime supporter of the arts and some of the Pillow’s most successful programs,” he said.
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