Opera is a vocally-driven performing art. But this past Tuesday, Ellen Hargis—a “Baroque-music diva” according to The New Yorker—proved that sleight of hand can improve even the most skilled voices.
The Yale Baroque Opera Project (YBOP) will present a fully staged production of the 17th-century Italian opera “La finta pazza” (“the make-believe madwoman”) by Francesco Sacrati (1605–1650) in two ...
As we use it today, the term baroque is synonymous with grand, exuberant, over the top. Bauhaus, the German art-and-craft movement that emerged after the horrors of World War I, on the other hand, ...
Nicholas Garza (Damon), far-left, Alex Longnecker (Acis) and Gitanjali Mathur (Galatea) far-right, during a production of Handel's 'Acis and Galatea' by the American Baroque Opera Company, on Saturday ...
Music historians generally agree that Western opera began around the turn of the 17th Century in Europe. However, the modern repertoire generally ignores the first 150 years in favor of the works of ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As they have for decades, 19th-century warhorses like “La Bohème” and “Carmen” still dominate opera- house marquees. But just as today’s diners are ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Chatham Baroque adapted the score, which was found in the library of Bologna in ...
When the opera “Semele” opens Wednesday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the stage will hold some extra weight: two sumo wrestlers, totaling 700 pounds, and a 17-ton, 450-year-old temple. “Semele,” a ...
What would be more ideal than enjoying a performance of classical music, dance, and Greek mythology in the modern age? Bright-toned, lively classical music immediately paints the setting for “Circé,” ...