Music
BEMF’s double bill of two short and comic Pergolesi operas made for an unusual and totally delightful presentation.
Legendary gospel performer Spencer Taylor Jr. and the Highway QC’s will be part of the biggest traditional gospel program of the year in Boston.
Jazz fans with open ears should rush to this book: so should anyone interested in the creative process, its rewards as well as its challenges.
This was was a truly memorable afternoon at Symphony Hall, filled with interesting programming decisions and exciting revelations.
The conceit of this disc is both nostalgic and old-fashioned.
With its Opera Annex productions – presenting unfamiliar operas in unconventional performance spaces – Boston Lyric Opera really seems to have found its niche.
It may seem a bit like overkill, and in many ways it is, but that all depends on your perspective.
Of all the songs ever written about a woman violated by her brother’s ghost after she decapitates him playing croquet, “The Musical Box” remains the best.
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