BY MICHAEL RECCHIUTI The worldwide pandemic of 2020-2021 succeeded in accomplishing what years of shrinking, progressively less sophisticated audiences, graft laden internal politics, destructive national policies, and sheer administrative incompetence could not; the total shutdown of operatic performance around the world. There have been a plethora of filmed opera-like events produced for digital distribution of […]
Here is the greatest opportunity to experience America in Italy! Four weeks of lessons with teachers from New York to help you grow your technique, your artistry, your person. Rely on the artistic direction of Antonio Fini, talent scout for Martha Graham Dance School, Limón Dance Foundation, Staten Island Ballet and many others.Summer School participants won scholarships and work today […]
June 16, 2021 Dear Friends and Extended Family of Music and Mentoring House, It’s hard to imagine that for the past 10 years I have had a house full of wonderful humans, weekends full of all of you, and now, have spent the past 10 months without all that crazy wonderfulness. The challenge of coaching […]
MAY 28th and JUNE 4th at the MARK MORRIS DANCE CENTER Friday May 28 at 7:30 PM Friday June 4 at 7:30 PM James and Martha Duffy Performance Space at the Mark Morris Dance Center, 3 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn Tickets: $35 Reservations are required. https://www.eventbrite.comDancers: Anabel Alpert, Megan Foley, Amber Neff, Rachele Perla, Alison Tatsuoka, Madeleine […]
HIS SUNDAY, MAY 16th – TWO PERFORMANCES, 4 pm & 5:30 pm MET DANCERS APPEARING THIS SUNDAY:Natalia Alonso, Melissa Anderson, Antuan Byers, Jacqueline Calle, Michelle Joy, Julia Jurgilewicz, Ayaka Kamei, Megan Krauszer, Sarah Kay Marchetti, Maria Phegan, Minga Prather, Ryan Redmond, Melissa Sadler, Cara Seymour, Spencer Weidie CHOREOGRAPHERS, MUSICIANS FROM THE METROPOLITAN OPERACHOREOGRAPHERS: BELINDA McGUIRE, JACOBY PRUITT, DANIELLE RUSSO, MICHELLE […]
Florida Grand Opera Winter Season: Jan 22 – Mar 27 Florida Grand Opera (FGO) announced its upcoming Season of Specials and Shorts. It is a season designed to provide live performance experiences while adhering to CDC requirements for social distancing with the ultimate goal of keeping both the audience and the company members healthy and safe. “Even […]
By Michael Recchiuti JANUARY 8, 2021 NEW YORK Eddie Teitel loves Broadway shows. Since the pandemic shut the theaters he has missed his trips downtown, leaving the shop in the Bronx early, throwing on a jacket and tie, driving into town for dinner and a show. He loves the magic that is the theater. He […]
STABAT MATER di Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) Boccherini è un personaggio di spicco nella storia della musica che precede l’avvento della prima Scuola viennese; il suo contributo allo sviluppo della forma del quartetto e del quintetto è stato determinante e la sua importanza viene riconosciuta da studiosi sia italiani che stranieri. La sua musica s’impone per la freschezza e la varietà […]
On 25, 27 and 29 November in free streaming, it will be possible to see the revival of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Pier Luigi Pizzi with Michele Spotti conducting. In the cast Juan Francisco Gatell, Carlo Lepore, Aya Wakizono, Iurii Samoilov, Michele Pertusi, Elena Zilio and William Corrò. On 26 and 28 November in […]
