Audacious, informal, and energetic, Brooklyn Rider performs music that is not only cross-cultural but also cross-genre. The string quartet is named after the city in which it is based – quite fitting, considering the fact that Brooklyn is most famous for its vibrant multicultural background. On Monday, February 16th, the quartet gave a relaxed concert […]
Giuseppi Verdi was the shining star of the Romantic Era, and was best known for his operas. However, Verdi’s Requiem is not an opera; rather, it is a piece written for orchestra, chorus, and four solo singers: a male tenor, a male baritone, a female soprano, and a female mezzo-soprano. It has seven movements, one […]
Last Thursday, I went to the ballet, Romeo and Juliet, and didn’t like it. I don’t normally go to the ballet, but I threw caution to the wind that night. When I came home, I tried to figure out what I didn’t like about it, and broke it down into its individual components:
Was it the dancing? – […]
Avery Fisher Hall, NYC — June 20, 2007
Last night’s Strauss-Mahler program at Avery Fisher Hall featured the accomplished diva Deborah Voigt, and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Lorin Maazel. In the first half of the evening, we heard 4 short operatic pieces by Richard Strauss, followed by an even shorter encore. The second half […]