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Opera America's "New Works Sampler" to Feature Excerpts from Tobias Picker's An American Tragedy
May. 01, 2006
At this year's OPERA America conference in Seattle, the Seattle Public Library and OPERA America have joined forces to present this year's New Works Sampler, taking place on Friday, May …
Verdi’s Macbeth is not the only opera in town during the 2006 Opera America Conference in Seattle. Viktor Ullmann’s one hour chamber opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis can be seen …Tobias Picker’s Thérèse Raquin in London Debut
Apr. 01, 2006
Tobias Picker’s new chamber opera version of Thérèse Raquin saw its world premiere in March at the Linbury Studio of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Based on the Émile Zola novel of …Clarifications on Last Month's Porgy and Bess Article
Apr. 01, 2006We would like to take a moment to clarify two items of “Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Restored to Original Production Form by the Nashville Symphony Orchestra” from last month’s News …
Hans Werner Henze's Adagio, Fugue, and Maenad's Dance in US Premiere at Boston Symphony Orchestra
Apr. 01, 2006
Hans Werner Henze composed his opera The Bassarids on commission from the Salzburg Festival in 1964-65. The one-act music drama that Henze and his librettists, W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman, …Mstislav Rostropovich Leads US Premiere of Henri Dutilleux's Correspondances with the National Symphony Orchestra
Apr. 01, 2006
Henri Dutilleux's Correspondances for voice and orchestra sees its US premiere on April 27 at the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC, featuring soprano Dawn Upshaw in her NSO debut …Beat Furrer’s Gaspra Sees its American Premiere in New York
Apr. 01, 2006
Red Light New Music, a new New York organization dedicated to presenting contemporary works of European and American composers, is set to perform the American premiere of the Beat Furrer …James Adler's Memento mori: An AIDS Requiem in San Francisco
Apr. 01, 2006
Focusing on one of the greatest challenges of our—or any—time, the Golden Gate Men’s Chorus and Orchestra gives the West Coast premiere of James Adler’s Memento mori: An AIDS Requiem …Colorado Chamber Players Play Tribute to Toru Takemitsu
Apr. 01, 2006
The Colorado Chamber Players presented A Tribute to Toru Takemitsu, on March 11 and 12, 2006, in both Golden and Denver, Colorado featuring virtuoso guitarist Masakazu Ito. The all-Takemitsu programs included A Bird Came …Georg Friedrich Haas' Poéme Premieres in Cleveland
Apr. 01, 2006
Georg Friedrich Haas's Poéme was premiered by The Cleveland Orchestra on March 23 at Severance Hall with Franz Welser-Most conducting. Writing in The Plain-Dealer, Daniel Rosenberg describes the work …