In a year full of celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the birth of opera composers Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi, the Rockport Chamber Music Festival is offering a unique celebration this Thursday and Friday that stands apart from the rest by presenting a selection chamber works from these composers, offering, in the words of [...]
Heavy Drama from Guerilla Opera
May 27th, 2013
Guerrilla theater is “dramatization of political and social issues as a means of protest or propaganda.” It is the merging of an elitist art form (in this case opera) with the independence and efficiency of street performance in order to facilitate the artistic communication of an important message. When measured by these terms Boston-based Guerilla [...]
Guerillas Let There Be Light
May 22nd, 2013
It has been six years since Guerilla Opera began its admirable mission to present “exciting and progressive new music highlighting musical virtuosity, intimate venue, dramatic risk, and direct communication between performers without the use of a conductor.” Since then, they have presented seven operas to critical acclaim and are establishing a national reputation for performing [...]
Happy Birthday R.W.!
May 18th, 2013
In a few days (on Wednesday) it will be Richard Wagner’s 200th birthday and it is turning into a good “Wagner” year for me. Der Fliegender Holländer at the B.L.O. was downright wonderful and fun to review. In fact, I brought a Brahms scholar with me and I think he was converted. At the end [...]
BLO Flying Dutchman: Almost Perfect
Apr 27th, 2013
The Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Richard Wagner’s Der Fliegender Holländer, given last night at the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre and continuing through May 5th, was intelligent, surprising, though just a bit too graphic. Offered on its first night without intermission, this three-act, 140-minute production of the 1841 score (related article here) is a “reexamination” of [...]
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