United States Richard Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Band / Jacob Ashworth (conductor). Heartbeat Opera, Irondale Center, Brooklyn, 14.2.2025. (RP)
Heartbeat Opera has a hit with its small-scale but potent Salome
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A deep dive into the Minnesota Sound with Brooklyn Art Song Society
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)
Songs of Finzi and Vaughan Williams at the Brooklyn Art Song Society
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
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
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)
Simone Dinnerstein plays Danielpour’s An American Mosaic at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery
United States Couperin, Danielpour: Simone Dinnerstein (piano). Death of Classical, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, 16.9.2021. (RP)
Hymn to the City celebrates New York’s resilience and renewal after a year of trauma, loss and mourning
United States Various, Hymn to the City: Lucy Dhegrae (mezzo-soprano), Paul Grosvenor (baritone), Marco Foster (vocals & guitar), Linda Kleinman (dancer), Catalyst Quartet, Members of the New York Philharmonic. Green-Wood Cemetery Brooklyn, 5.6.2021. (RP)
Brooklyn Art Song Society concludes its Schubert series with Schwanengesang
United States Brooklyn Art Song Society, Schubert V – Schwanengesang: Kristina Bachrach (soprano), Dominic Armstrong (tenor), Michael Kelly (baritone), Narek Arutyunian (clarinet), Michael Brofman & Joel Harder (piano). Brooklyn Art Song Society, Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn. Livestream available from 13.3.2021. (RP)
