Posted inAcademy Awards (Oscars) Movies Music Naatu Naatu (Song) Rajamouli, SS RRR (Movie) How the ‘Naatu Naatu’ Sequence in ‘RRR’ Came Together The composers and choreographer explain how they created the propulsive sequence that is nominated for best song. Posted by By Nicolas Rapold
Posted inClassical Music Long Beach Opera Opera Soper, Kate The Romance of the Rose (Opera) Review: A New Opera Puts Real Emotions in a Fantasy Garden Kate Soper’s “The Romance of the Rose,” which had its long-delayed premiere at Long Beach Opera, showcases her signature quick-shifting eclecticism. Posted by By Zachary Woolfe
Posted inBerg, Alban Cerha, Friedrich Classical Music Deaths (Obituaries) Lulu (Opera) Paris Opera Vienna (Austria) Vienna State Opera World War II (1939-45) Friedrich Cerha, 96, Who Finished Another Composer’s Masterpiece, Dies His skill in completing Alban Berg’s “Lulu” almost 40 years after Berg’s death was considered one of the greatest operatic achievements of the 20th century. Posted by By David Allen
Posted inClassical Music Dvorak, Antonin Eastman, Julius (1940- ) Femenine (Musical Work) Gerstein, Kirill Harlem Chamber Players In Seven Days (Musical Work) New York Philharmonic Reinhardt, Ruth (1988- ) Rosner, Tal Talea Ensemble Review: ‘In Seven Days’ Conjures the Creation, With Video The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Ruth Reinhardt, played Thomas Adès’s “In Seven Days,” for piano, orchestra and moving image. Posted by By Zachary Woolfe