Perhaps because the rather stolidly Victorian character of both its music
and its morality, Gounod’ Faust has been out of fashion in the
UK in recent decades, and owes a debt to David McVicar and his darkly Gothic
production for the Royal Opera in 2004 (now, at last, available on DVD) for the
restoration of its footing in the standard repertoire.
Almost irrespective of the results, it was quite a statement to open the Philharmonia’ London concert season with a performance of Nietzsche’ ‘pus metaphysicum of all true art,’Tristan und Isolde.
Vocally impressive, Michael Tilson Thomas’s new recording of Gustav Mahler’s symphonic song cycle Das Lied von der Erde merits attention for various reasons.
Opera as circus. The current San Francisco Aida comes from the English National Opera where an inspired and probably very excited administrator proposed a production by aging London fashionista Zandra Rhodes.
Happy late birthday to Soviet Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who was born September 25, 1906.
Even though he was born and lived in the 20th century, it seems like there are so many rumors, shrouded tales, misconceptions, and untold stories about Shostakovich. There are stories of his popularity as a composer, ...
We hit 3,000 Facebook Fans this weekend, and we want to celebrate!
One lucky fan will receive two tickets to the Utah Symphony Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini concert, October 8-9. To enter, just update your Facebook status with what you love about the Utah Symphony or Utah Opera, ...
Phew! Only just!
It's a great day at the production studios today, because the cast for La Bohème has arrived! Now it's time for a crazy four weeks of fittings, construction, rehearsals, more rehearsals, and more rehearsals, and fabulous performances!
It's so busy, I caught our Costume Director, Rose, at the sewing ...
: The Opera Tattler About Subscribe to this blog's feed West Coast Opera Companies Los Angeles Opera Portland Opera San Diego Opera San Francisco Opera Seattle Opera World Premiere of Il Postino at LA Opera Main September 27, 2010 LA Opera's Figaro Notes A revival of Le Nozze di Figaro at LA Opera opened this afternoon . Plácido Domingo kept the orchestra at a good clip , though not exactly brisk , the tempi were comfortable . There were many synchronization problems with singers and the orchestra . The bridesmaid duet in Act III went especially awry , either the singers were out of tune , or the brass was . The chorus held together , however , and the character roles were all perfectly fine . Daniel Montenegro was all but unrecognizable as an elderly Don Curzio , Philip Cokorinos seemed
The history of the Utah Symphony and Repertory Dance Theatre goes back 45 years.
The artistic vision of Maestro Maurice Abravanel was inspirational during the founding of RDT in 1966, and he offered our company advice and encouragement throughout the years. The Maestro always reminded the community of the value and ...
A video message from Mac Christensen and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Utah is rolling out the red carpet to welcome Thierry Fischer to our state! View all of the welcome messages here.
Mona Seghatoleslami2010 09 24falseRightfalseNPR has a new classical music blog – Deceptive Cadence. They’ve posted interviews, live chats with performers and composers, links to concerts and album previews. I really like a series of stories of classical music “first loves,”
On behalf of Ballet West, I am excited to welcome Thierry Fischer to Salt Lake City as the new Music Director for the Utah Symphony. I know he will bring excitement and fascination to the already rich landscape of our music and arts organizations.
On a personal note, I am thrilled ...
Mona Seghatoleslami2010 09 20falseCenterfalseThank you to Barbara Elliott who shared another theater where you can see the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD. She wrote this comment on our last blog post “For those of us in the southeastern part
Mona Seghatoleslami2010 09 14falseCenterfalseThe Metropolitan Opera will broadcast operas into movie theaters Live in HD for a fifth season starting on October 9th. This year, twelve operas will be beamed to movie theaters two from Wagner (Das Rheingold and Die
A record number of performances sold out at the BBC Proms this year, launching the average attendance per event at Albert Hall to 4,000 concertgoers. 40 of the 76 concerts have experienced a packed house, which The Telegraph suspects might be related to the daily allotment of 1,000 tickets for £5 (~$7.50) each.
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Mona Seghatoleslami2010 09 07falseCenterfalseA short week can be especially hectic. Take some time to listen. falseCenterHypmW4Yd7SY&truevia The Rest is Noise falseCenterstM4xTBKAIMtrueTorQ Ensemble, "Sleep" by Eric Whitacre