Posts Tagged ‘Jonathan Nussman’
‘Paradise TBD’—the Brave New World of Opera at Bread & Salt
Clint McCallum’s new opera “Paradise TBD” at Bread & Salt on Friday fused an existentialist plot with a purely digital score and five amazing vocalists.
Read MoreBodhi Tree Concerts Salutes the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage in a Festive Online Musical Banquet
Bodhi Tree Concerts chose the final day of the National Democratic Convention, August 20, to offer “Songs of Suffrage,” a charming online concert of songs that celebrate this 100-year anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Read MoreAvant-Garde and Traditional Cohabit Comfortably at La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Concert
Living up to its reputation as a citadel of the avant-garde, the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus under the direction of Steven Schick closed its 2017-18 season Sunday (June 10) with two substantial new works: Rand Steiger’s ”Template for Improvising Trumpeter and Orchestra” and Courtney Bryan’s “Yet Unheard,” as well as Gabriel Fauré’s endearing Requiem.
Read MoreModest Stabs at Re-imagining Opera at UC San Diego
“The Voice Machine,” a collaborative performance of three new short operas at UC San Diego’s Experimental Theatre, could be described as the shotgun marriage of Dada opera with the extended “Saturday Night Live” sketch . . .
Read MoreThe Birthing of a New Opera
“Noon At Dusk” by composer Stephen Lewis sees the light of day at UCSD
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