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Amanda Forsythe

December Short Fuses — Materia Critica

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Short Fuses Tagged: A Golden Cello Decade: 1878-1888, Allen Michie, Alpha, Amanda Forsythe, Apollo's Fire, Avie, Barbara Hannigan, Beams, Camerata RCO, Connie Shih, Dan Costa, Drew Hart, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Heavenly Bach, Hyperion, In Sickness: A Memoir, Paul Hillier, Post Hill Press, Queen, rock, Sagging Meniscus Press, Sehnsucht, Six Moon Hill, Steven Isserlis, The Architects Collaborative, The Miracle Collector’s Edition, This is the Afterlife, Vespers & Complete All-Night Vigil

Opera Review: BEMF’s “La storia di Orfeo” — A Musical Triumph

I do not know how BEMF will ever top this. Bravo tutti!

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Amanda Forsythe, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, La storia di Orfeo, Paul O'Dette, Philippe Jaroussky, Stephen Stubbs, Susan Miron

Concert Review: The Bard in Boston – Part 1

This season’s three-week commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – the first such thematic series of Andris Nelsons’ BSO directorship – go off to a compelling start.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Abigail Fischer, Amanda Forsythe, Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra, William-Shakespeare

Album Review: Bertrand plays Dutilleux and Debussy plus Mendelssohn Symphonies nos. 3 & 4 (Harmonia mundi), and Forsythe sings Handel (Avie)

Three new classical music albums: two are superior, one is a bit of a mixed bag.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Amanda Forsythe, Apollo's Fire, Emmanuelle Bertrand, Harmonia Mundi, Henri Dutilleux, Pablo Heras-Casado, The Power of Love

Fuse Opera Review: BEMF Stages Two Delightful Neapolitan Comic Operas

BEMF’s double bill of two short and comic Pergolesi operas made for an unusual and totally delightful presentation.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Amanda Forsythe, Boston Early Music Festival, Gilbert Blin, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, La serva padrona

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