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• Concert Review: When Manny Met Manfred

  

  The London Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall A man and a piano: the phenomenal Emanuel Ax. Photo © Sony Classical. On Thursday night, the London... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Courtship in Modern Seville

  

  The Don courts Zerlina in Act I of Don Giovanni. For your viewing pleasure, a piano performance of "La ci darem la mano", the famous duet from Act I of... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: Reverse Culture Shock

  

  Daniel Harding conducts Knussen, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky. Daniel Harding. Photo by K. Miura. In setting a symphony program, it is common practice to sli... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• This Post is Bullsh*t

  

  A Rumination on the fine Art of saying nothing at all. Photo by Fos53 from his blog. Dear readers of Superconductor, Writing about modern classical music is... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• DVD Review: Getting Out of the 1%

  

  Die Liebe der Danaë from Deutschen Oper Berlin. Material girl: Midas (Matthias Klink) and Danaë (Manuela Uhl) in Die Liebe der Danaë.Photo by Barbara Aumüller... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: A Butterfly That Stamped

  

  The Met revives the Puccini classic. Here comes the bride: Cio-Cio San enters in Act I of Madama Butterfly. Photo by Marty Sohl © 2004 The Metropolitan Opera. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: No Bears Allowed!

  

  Yale musicians offer "Vocal Britain" at Zankel Hall. Thanks to the efficient Bear Patrol, William Walton's The Bear was not performed. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• City Opera Occupies Financial District

  

  Opera company moves into new office over a cigar store. (No, really.) The ITT Building at 75 Broad Street, new home of New York City Opera. Like a rebelliou... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• New Horizons in American Opera: I Cugini

  

  A new opera based on hit MTV reality show Jersey Shore. The boardwalk in Keansburg, NJ. In recent years, modern American opera has drawn from the news, from... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• The Battle of Vienna: 1928

  

  Exploring Ernst Krenek's Jonny spielt auf. The stage set for the train station scene in Jonny spielt auf, 1928.Photo from the Vienna State Opera Archives ©... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: Mahler's Last Words

  

  Daniel Harding conducts the (completed) Mahler 10th. Former New York Philharmonic music director Gustav Mahler, on his last voyage from New York to France. 1911. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: Finnish Tango Takes Manhattan

  

  Avanti! brings a national craze to Zankel Hall. The veteran: Markus Allan has sung Finnish tangos for 50 years. On Thursday night, conductor Hannu Lintu led... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• The Occupation of Lincoln Center

  

  This is what a guy with a sign looks like.' I'm not actually at Lincoln Center tonight--am home after seeing Avanti! perform at Carnegie Hall. But since I'm hom... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2011 CULTURE, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Opera Review: Never Listen to the Tenor

  

  The Collegiate Chorale presents Moïse et Phaoron. Moses supposes: James Morris utters prophecies in Moïse. To his right, Ginger Costa-Jackson as Marie.... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Further Down the Death Spiral

  

  City Opera orchestra, chorus plans strike. The intrepid City Opera scouts Japanese locations for a planned 2012 staging of Madama Butterfly. Naruto Whirlpools b... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Occupy Wall Street to "Mic Check" Lincoln Center

  

  General Assembly planned for Josie Robertson Plaza Occupy Wall Street poster by Lalo Alcarez. © 2011 by the artist. Concert, opera, theater, ballet and... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Superconductor 2011 Gift Guide Part V: Piano Music

  

  12 days of Christmas, and 88 keys. A piano just makes the holidays better. Scene from The Simpsonsepisode Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire © 1989 FOX/Gracie... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Review: The Chosen Carols

  

  The New York Festival of Song presents A Goyishe Christmas To You. Lauren Worsham, Stephanie Blythe,Judy Kaye, Joshua Breitzer,John Brancy, Joshua... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Review: Gateway to Greatness

  

  Young talent adds life to the Met's mega-Bohéme. Rush hour in Paris: Act II of La bohéme features over 200 people onstage. Photo by Ken Howard © The Metropolita... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• The December Short List

  

  Get loaded for the holildays--just in case Santa Bot shows up. Feeling naughty? Meet Santa Bot from Futurama.Art by Chris Schweizer © 2008 the artist. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA