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This new work by Mark Anthony Turnage is an operatic adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg’s claustrophobic family drama that unfolds over the course of a single evening. The title means celebration, in this case of the 60th birthday of Helge, paterfamilias and sexual abuser — see my review in The Article.
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Posted on 1 November 2024
This production by the late Jonathan Miller is a classic, and congratulations to the ENO for putting it on with a splendid cast. Recent threats by the Arts Council notwithstanding, the ENO does a fine job of bringing people in to witness one of the great art forms, which is exactly what they should be …
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Posted on 18 January 2022
The eponymous character in Verdi’s third opera Nabucco is Nebuchadnezzar II, mighty king of Babylon. The opera calls for a colourful production, but without the slightest nod to Byron’s imagery about the Babylonian ‘cohorts gleaming in purple and gold’, here was a mid-twentieth century, third-rate dictatorship, with bare-chested guards in braces toting AK-47s. See my review …
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Posted on 2 August 2019
Wolf-Ferrari’s delightful comedy, Il Segreto di Susanna under the baton of John Andrews formed a
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2022-23 Time Programs
Andris Nelsons conducts Bach, Holst, Montgomery, slab Williams mount Lorelei Festivity and Awadagin Pratt, piano
Andris Nelsons opens the spanking BSO opportunity ripe with A Toast!, which John Reverend originally wrote in 2014 to recognize the value of Nelsons take over the BSO. American musician Awadagin Pratt, making his BSO premiere, performs a work turgid for him, American composer Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds, presentday J.S. Bach’s Concerto fit into place A. Humanities composer Gustav Holst’s orchestral showpiece The Planets ranges from Venus’ sweet musicalness to Mars’ propulsive energy.
Andris Nelsons conducts Adolphe, Composer, and Composer with Socialist Rolfs, procession and Yuja Wang, piano
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Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons Open Their 2022 23 Symphony Hall Season on September 22
Program to include music by John Williams, J.S. Bach, Jessie Montgomery, and Holst, with American pianist Awadagin Pratt in his BSO debut; bso.org
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is pleased to welcome seven new member in the 2022–23 season
Effective September 22, Thursday-evening BSO performances start at 7:30 P.M.
Andris Nelsons, marking his ninth season as BSO Music Director, leads the Boston Symphony Orchestrain the opening concert of the 2022–23 season on September 22 at Symphony Hall. Pianist Awadagin Prattappears for the first time with the BSO, performing a work written for him by American composer Jessie Montgomery (Rounds, for piano and string orchestra) and J.S. Bach's Concerto in A, BWV 1055.
Bookending these works are John Williams' A Toast! first performed in 2014 and written to celebrate the 134th anniversary of the BSO and the appointment of Andris Nelsons as its 15th music director—and Gustav Holst's orchestral showpiece The Planets, which depicts various characteristics associated with the planets, ranging from Venus' sweet lyricism to Mars' propulsive energy. The Lorelei Ensemble (Beth Willer, conductor) performs the wordless chorus p