Posted inClassical Music Grisey, Gerard Quatre Chants pour Franchir le Seuil (Musical Work) Did Gérard Grisey’s Music Predict His Own Death? Eerie coincidences make the composer’s final work, “Four Songs for Crossing the Threshold,” seem like a requiem written for himself. Posted by By Jeffrey Arlo Brown
Posted inBerkshires (Mass) Boston Symphony Orchestra Classical Music Fisher, Richard B, Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College Hudson River Valley (NY) Metropolitan Opera New York Philharmonic Opera Summer (Season) For Classical Music, Every Summer Is a Liberation During a time of year in which anything can be a stage, the joy of music making has room to breathe outdoors. Posted by By James Estrin and Joshua Barone
Posted inClassical Music La Boheme (Opera) La Traviata (Opera) Madama Butterfly (Opera) Metropolitan Opera Opera Otello (Opera) Scotto, Renata Renata Scotto Spun an Actor’s Insight Into Vocal Gold The Italian soprano’s dramatic acumen and hard-to-characterize voice brought a range of classic opera heroines vividly and emotionally to life. Posted by By Oussama Zahr
Posted inBernstein, Leonard Classical Music Cooper, Bradley Jews and Judaism Maestro (Movie) Movies Leonard Bernstein’s Children Defend Bradley Cooper’s Prosthetic Nose in ‘Maestro’ A teaser for the Netflix biopic has ignited a new round of criticism that the family described as a misunderstanding. Posted by By Marc Tracy