Brooklyn – Seen and Heard International

A return to quiet radiance: William Christie and Les Arts Florissants at BAM

08/12/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

United States Charpentier: Emmanuelle de Negri, (soprano), Bastien Rimondi (high tenor), Alex Rosen (bass), Chorus and Orchestra of Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (conductor). Brooklyn Academy Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, 7.12.2025. (ES-S)

Conductor William Christie, soprano Emanuelle de Negri and Les Arts Florissants © Richard Termine

The little OPERA theatre of ny reframes a Zemlinsky opera at BAM Fisher

11/06/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

United States ‘Zemlinskys Zimmer/ Zemlinsky’s Room’: Soloists, Orchestra of the little OPERA theatre of ny / Tiffany Chang (conductor). BAM Fisher, Brooklyn, 7.6.2025. (ES-S)

Mary-Hollis Hundley (Bianca) and Eric McKeever (Simone) © Tina Buckman

Long Play Festival’s 100 Tubas move more than music

16/05/202507/05/2025 by Daniele Sahr

United States Bang on a Can – ‘Long Play Festival’: Various players. Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, 3.5.2025. (DS)

Tuba players in Fort Greene Park for ‘Long Play Festival’ © Daniele Sahr

Heartbeat Opera has a hit with its small-scale but potent Salome

17/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Richard Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Band / Jacob Ashworth (conductor). Heartbeat Opera, Irondale Center, Brooklyn, 14.2.2025. (RP)

Melina Jaharis (Page), Patrick Cook (Herod), and Jeremy Harr (Soldier) © Andrew Boyle

A deep dive into the Minnesota Sound with Brooklyn Art Song Society

05/02/202405/02/2024 by Rick Perdian

United States Various: Tori Tedeschi Adams (soprano), Jesse Blumberg, Randall Scarlata (baritones), Michael Brofman, Laura Ward (piano). Brooklyn Art Song Society, First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 2.2.2024. (RP)

Jesse Blumberg (baritone) performing Moya ’s *Nocturno* © Catherine Hancock

Songs of Finzi and Vaughan Williams at the Brooklyn Art Song Society

30/12/202109/11/2021 by Rick Perdian

United States ‘Beginnings, Middles, and Ends’ – Remembering: Dominic Armstrong (tenor), Joshua Conyers (baritone), Michael Brofman, Brent Funderburk (piano). Brooklyn Art Song Society, First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 5.11.2021. (RP)

A rare staging at Roulette of eL/Aficionado, Robert Ashley’s surreal television opera

25/10/202125/10/2021 by Rick Perdian

United States Robert Ashley, eL/Aficionado: Soloists / Tom Hamilton (music direction). Roulette, Brooklyn, 22.10.2021. (RP)

Brooklyn Art Song Society opens season with Wolf’s Mörike-Lieder

04/12/202104/10/2021 by Rick Perdian

Beginnings, Middles, and Ends © Joan Chiverton

United States ‘Beginnings, Middles, and Ends’ [1] – Mörike Liederbuch: Amy Owens (soprano), Sarah Nelson Craft (mezzo-soprano), Daniel McGrew (tenor), Tyler Duncan (baritone), Spencer Myer, Erika Switzer (piano). Brooklyn Art Song Society, First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 1.10.2021. (RP)

(l-r) Tyler Duncan (baritone), Erika Switzer (piano), Sarah Nelson Craft (mezzo-soprano), Spencer Myer (piano), Amy Owens (soprano0) & Daniel McGrew (tenor)

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