3 de agosto de 2008

OPERA NEWS - AGOSTO 2008


O tema é : THE UNEQUAL MARRIAGE OF WORDS AND MUSIC
BARRY SINGER takes a look at the current read-the-book-see-the-opera school of commissioning new work.
Twin Peaks
MATT WOLF talks to David and Christopher Alden, two stage directors who aren't afraid to be unconventional — or controversial — in their quest to bring the subtext to life in opera.
The Right Words
JOHN SIMON picks twelve of his favorite opera librettos.
Song of Himself
ADAM WASSERMAN visits poet J. D. McClatchy, one of contemporary opera's busiest librettists.
American Voice
Veteran librettist Kenward Elmslie talks to JOHN J. D. SHEEHAN.
Text Message
Are words, more than music, the driving force in contemporary opera? Composer Libby Larsen thinks so. PHILIP KENNICOTT reports.
Novelty Act Oscar Hammerstein II's book for Allegro, his 1947 musical with Richard Rodgers, was unlike anything he had ever attempted. As a new recording, starring Nathan Gunn and Audra McDonald, is readied for release, LAURENCE MASLON looks at this troubled work.
Out-of-Town Tryout
REBECCA PALLER travels to the campus of Vassar College, where new works are developed in a uniquely supportive environment.
O obituário de Leyla Gencer

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