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‘To Have A Voice Is Everything’ – New opera in the spotlight at National Sawdust
At the end of ‘Opera Evolved: Genre Fluidity’, my friend turned to me and said, ‘Well, are we going to Omaha?’ Nebraska hardly trips off the tongue when it comes to opera destinations, but perhaps it should. In 2025, The Common Senses Festival will present the world premiere of Sensorium Ex, a remarkable new opera by composer Paola Prestini with a libretto by poet Brenda Shaughnessy.
‘Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me, that yet we sleep, we dream.‘
In HGO’s revitalization of Purcell’s masterpiece, The Fairy Queen, we meet an ensemble of fourteen performers, led through the evening by master storyteller, Puck, a photographer studying love through her camera lens.
United Kingdom Giovanni – Let Me Entertain You: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 26.2.2024. (JPr)
Canada Various – Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute), Susie Napper (viola da gamba), Stephen Stubbs (baroque guitar). St Mary’s Kerrisdale, Vancouver, 19.2.2024. (GN)
United Kingdom Beethoven, Rachmaninoff: Yuzhang Li (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 21.2.2024. (MBr)
Sweden Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Gothenburg Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Alevtina Ioffe (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 25.2.2024. (NS)
Conrad Tao’s Playlist Series concert for the Seattle Symphony: a journey beyond boundaries
When the Seattle Symphony presented pianist Conrad Tao with an opportunity to curate a program anchored by a Mozart piano concerto, his answer was an emphatic yes.
United Kingdom Delibes, Lakmé: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Chelsea Opera Group / Matthew Scott Rogers (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 25.2.2024. (CC)
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