Music
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Der Rosenkavalier: Soars at the Met
Susan Graham as Octavian in a Stunning Production
By: - Jan 08th, 2010Recently the Metropolitan Opera came to your local theater in HD with Der Rosenkavalier. One cannot imagine a better cast or more compelling production.
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Celebrating a New Year with Alan Gilbert & The New York Philharmonic
Thomas Hampson sings Copland and Cole Porter
By: - Jan 02nd, 2010The Philharmonic celebrated New Year's Eve with an all American concert featuring Thomas Hampson, Baritone. The program included Appalachian Spring, Aaron Copland, Old American Songs, Aaron Copland, Medley of Cole Porter songs, An American in Paris, George Gershwin.
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James Levine Conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Elgar and Mahler at Carnegie Hall
By: - Dec 22nd, 2009James Levine conducted a beautiful program at Carnegie Hall on Sunday. Mezzo soprano, Stephanie Blythe, an elemental force, sang "Sea Pictures" Of course, being able to hear the details in Mahler is important, and Carnegie has one of the best acoustic environments in the world.
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Fabio Luisi Conducts Hansel and Gretel at the Metropolitan Opera
Opera 101 for Children of All Ages
By: - Dec 18th, 2009Last night the Metropollitan Opera presented "Hansel and Gretel," and a measure of the production's success is that every role is wonderfully sung, enhancing a gorgeous score. It completely absorbed and enchanted our reviewer's six year old companion.
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Yo Yo Ma at Symphony Hall Jan. 6-12
Joins Early Music Specialist Ton Koopman
By: - Dec 16th, 2009Dutch early music specialist Ton Koopman leads a program of 18th- and 19th-century works by Haydn, C.P.E. Bach, and Schubert January 6-12. In addition to conducting the BSO from the podium, Mr. Koopman leads the orchestra from the harpsichord in a performance of Haydn's Symphony No. 98, which features harpsichord obbligato. One of Mr. Koopman's close collaborators, Yo-Yo Ma, joins him and the orchestra as the soloist in Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1.
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Strauss' Elektra at the Metropolitan Opera
Conducted by Fabio Luisi with Susan Bullock
By: - Dec 16th, 2009Elektra had its season premier at the Metropolitan Opera on December 10, with Susan Bullock in her Met debut in the title role. The opera as tone poem was conducted by Fabio Luisi with passion and clarity. The score is unrelenting, powerful, but also vulgar and unembarrassed. That was how it was played. It was a thrilling evening.
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Hark the Herald: The NY Philharmonic Brass
Guest Brass from West Point Blast Away!
By: - Dec 14th, 2009The Philharmonic Brass has offered a holiday festival since 1995, with invited guests. Sunday they were joined by the West Point Concert Band Brass.
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Bazaar Productions at Mass MoCA
Waypoint Feb. 6 in Alt Cabaret Series
By: - Dec 12th, 2009Bazaar Productions, in collaboration with MASS MoCA, will present a work-in-progress showing of The Waypoint, a play that began development during the EarlyStages Program at The Berkshire Fringe in 2008. After a two-week residency with the original ensemble The Waypoint will be performed on Saturday, February 6, at 8 PM in Club B-10 as part of MASS MoCA's Alt Cabaret series.
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The Cultural Center At Eagle Hill, Hardwick, MA
A Cultural Experiment Takes Root in Central Mass
By: - Dec 10th, 2009The Cultural Center At Eagle Hill is ambitious, original and offers a model we fervently wish would be adopted by other communities.
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Arlo Guthrie Performs at Shakespeare & Company
Benefit Galvanizes Berkshire Community
By: - Dec 06th, 2009A near capacity audience braved the first storm of the winter to attend a benefit, solo performance by a Berkshire neighbor, Arlo Guthrie. It was a great evening at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox.
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Boston Pops At Symphony Hall
Keith Lockhart Launches Season December 9
By: - Nov 30th, 2009In a great Boston tradition Keith Lockhart will conduct the Boston Pops in all of the Holiday favorites. The fun begins on December 9 at Symphony Hall. There will be 35 performances through December 27. Followed by a New Year's Eve gala.
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Music Museum of New England
Rock 'n' Soul Benefit Concert December 13
By: - Nov 28th, 2009The Music Museum of New England is dedicated to preserving the musical heritage of the region. Currently operating a website, its long-term goal is to build an archive and open a visitors center. Many area musicians will celebrate the season in a benefit for MM/ONE on December 13 at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, Mass.
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Karita Mattila as Katya Kabanova at Chicago's Lyric Opera
Jonathan Miller Revives Production of Leos Janacek
By: - Nov 27th, 2009Karita Mattila performs the title role in Leos Janacek's Katya Kabanova with her glorious voice on full display. The production at the Lyric Opera is peerless. Janacek is recognized with Benjamin Britten as one of the two great operatic composers of the 20th century.
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Jerry Corbitt's CD Along for the Ride
Catching Up With an Old Friend
By: - Nov 25th, 2009Reviewing a new country flavored CD by Jerry Corbitt was an opportunity to reflect on a friend. Wilson managed him before Corbitt joined the Youngbloods and a career as solo performer,writer, producer and sideman. Recently they reconnected through Facebook.
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Arlo Guthrie at Shakespeare & Company
Benefit Performance on December 5
By: - Nov 24th, 2009A Berkshire legend, singer songwriter, Arlo Guthrie, will perform a special benefit concert for Shakespeare & Company in Lenox. The performance followed by a dessert reception will occur on December 5. He will perform an acoustic set in the Founders Theatre. Arlo will perform at Symphony Hall in June and with the Pops this summer at Tanglewood.
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Riccardo Muti Conducts the New York Philharmonic
Thrilling Performances of Liszt, Elgar and Prokovief
By: - Nov 22nd, 2009Both orchestra and audience eagerly await the arrival of Riccardo Muti at Avery Fisher Hall. The program on November 19th progressed from Liszt, to Elgar,to Prokovief's ravishing "Romeo and Juliet."
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Tanglewood Announces 2010 Season
Tickets on Sale February 14
By: - Nov 21st, 2009Once again the Boston Symphony Orchestra has scheduled a full, rich and diverse season for Tanglewood 2010. Many of the most beloved composers and conductors will be featured.
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James Taylor and Carole King at Tanglewood
Together for Fourth of July Fireworks
By: - Nov 21st, 2009The Berkshires will be booked solid for the Fourth of July weekend. On Friday night Keith Lockhart will lead the Pops in its 125th anniversary concert. On Saturday and Sunday the legendary song writers James Taylor and Carole King will bring their world tour to Tanglewood.
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On the Road with the Boston Pops
Northeast Tour: December 5 to 19
By: - Nov 16th, 2009America's Orchestra, the Boston Pops, conducted by Keith Lockhart will launch its annual Northeast Tour on December 5 in Storrs, Connecticut and end in Providence on the 19th. These appearance will coincide with Symphony Hall performances from December 9 to 27. Yo, ho, ho.
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Cantilena Chamber Choir: World Favorite Carols
Trinity Church Concert, Lenox, Dec. 6
By: - Nov 14th, 2009There will be a combination of rarities, surprises as well as familiar favorites during the special Holiday concert "The World's Favorite Carols." Cantilena Chamber Choir and Trinity Church Youth & Adults Choirs will perform at Trinity Church in Lenox, on Sunday, December 6, at 3 p.m. Deck the halls.
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Jazz Funk Trio Medeski Martin & Wood at MASS MoCA November 12
Legendary Group to Play Hunter Center SRO Style
By: - Nov 09th, 2009Arriving with a full head of steam, Medeski, Martin & Wood are expected to pack Mass MoCA's Hunter Center in a SRO performance as part of their Radiolarians project. Like its microscopic organism namesake, Radiolarians is new music in the jazz funk realm that inverts the natural order of all things musical.
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Esther at the New York City Opera
Lauren Flanigan and Stephen Kechulius Magnificent
By: - Nov 09th, 2009On November 6, the New York City Opera presented "Esther" a haunting and beautiful opera by American composer Hugo Weisgall It was performed in the renovated concert hall in a renovated concert hall, the David H. Koch Theater of Lincoln Center.
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BSO About to Announce Tanglewood Season
Time for Change or More of the Same
By: - Nov 07th, 2009The overall Tanglewood attendance was up some 20,000 last summer. But subtract the 61,198 for the five day sellout of James Taylor and Friends and Tanglewood would have been down some 40,000 with an overall loss even greater than the $3 to 4 million reported by the Berkshire Eagle. Will there be any surprises when the coming season is announced on November 20?
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Thomas Hampson at the New York Philharmonic
Neeme Jarvi Conducts Theatrical Music
By: - Nov 06th, 2009The New York Philharmonic, under the baton of famed Estonian conductor Neeme Jarvi performed Beethoven, Mozart and Zemlinsky last evening at Avery Fisher Hall. The program is repeated on November 6 and 10.
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Lise Lindstrom Triumphs in Turandot
Last Minute Debut at the Metropolitan Opera
By: - Nov 03rd, 2009It was a classic example of "A Star Is Born." Because of a flu for soprano Maria Guleghina at the last minute Lise Lindstrom, who is known for her Turandot, made her Met debut to thunderous applause. It was an evening of enchanting fantasy in the magnificent Franco Zeffirelli production. It comes to a theater near you live in HD on November 7.
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