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Classical Music Review: The Boston Lyric Opera — An Efficient and Satisfying “Macbeth”

The Boston Lyric Opera’s new production of “Macbeth,” with sets designed by John Conklin, is based on elements of a New York City Opera production and plays up the macabre elements of the story, which are many.

By: Jonthan Blumhofer Filed Under: Books, Classical Music, Music, Opera Tagged: Boston-Lyric-Opera, Macbeth, Shubert Theatre, Verdi

Classical Music Sampler: November 2011

It’s “Mahler Unleashed” month at the New England Conservatory. I heartily recommend all of the “Mahler Unleashed” events.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Music Tagged: Boston Cecilia, Boston Early Music Festival, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Celebrity-Series-of-Boston, Discovery Ensemble, Emmanuel Music, Itzhak Perlman, Mahler Unleashed, NEC Contemporary Ensemble, Sanford Sylvan, Sharan Leventha, The Chameleon Arts Ensemble, The Masterworks Chorale, The Orion String Quartet

Opera Review: ‘Tosca’

The Boston Lyric Opera’s current production, adapted from the Scottish Opera, is updated, but this does no real damage. The three locales are properly preserved. And the three principal characters—opera diva Floria Tosca, her lover Mario Cavaradossi, and the lusting and villainous Baron Scarpia—hit their mark solidly. By Caldwell Titcomb. Some years ago the noted […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera Tagged: Boston-Lyric-Opera, Caldwell-Titcomb, Opera, Puccini, Tosca

Classical Music Review: ‘Idomeneo’

Mozart wrote some wonderful music in Idomeneo for his wind players, who were up to the task under the capable baton of David Angus. Reviewed By Caldwell Titcomb Turning out an enormous amount of music in a host of genres during his short life (1756–91), Mozart felt that opera was his most important task. It […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Opera Tagged: Boston-Lyric-Opera, Caldwell-Titcomb, Idomenso, Mozart

Classical Music Sampler: April 2010

By Caldwell Titcomb April 1: Ursula Oppens, long a champion of contemporary music (and a 1965 honors graduate of Harvard), presents a free piano recital under the auspices of the Blodgett Distinguished Artists Series. The program includes John Corigliano’s “Winging It,” William Bolcom’s “Ballade,” Tobias Picker’s “Three Nocturnes,” the world premiere of Charles Wuorinen’s “Oros,” […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Opera Tagged: “I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Boston Conservatory Orchestra, Boston Conservatory’s Piano Masters Series, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Caldwell-Titcomb, Gustavo-Dudamel, Harvard Glee Club, Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, Heinrich Schütz, Hugh-Wolff, Idomeneo, Jameson Marvin, John Harbison, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, M.I.T-Chamber-Chorus, MIT Symphony Orchestra, NEC Philharmonia, Opera Boston, Radcliffe Choral Society, Robert Kyr, Robert Levin, Samuel Barber, SSt. Lawrence String Quartet, The-New-England-Conservatory, Triple Helix Piano Trio, Ursula Oppens, Vincenzo Bellini, Ya-Fei Chuang

Opera Review: ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’

Reviewed By Caldwell Titcomb I was not able to catch Ariadne auf Naxos until the last of six performances that the Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) presented at the Shubert Theatre. By this time everything was clicking superbly—both the singers and the instrumentalists in the pit. What we got was a production that the BLO imported […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Opera Tagged: Ariadne auf Naxos, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Caldwell-Titcomb, Classical Music, Opera, Welsh National Opera

Classical Music Sampler: March 2010

By Caldwell Titcomb March 2: The Contemporary Music Ensemble in residence at Boston University, Alea III, under the direction of Theodore Antoniou, offers a free concert in celebration of the late eminent composer/teacher/conductor Lukas Foss (1922–2009). Works by Foss to be performed are “Echoi,” “For Toru,” “Elegy for Anne Frank,” “For Aaron,” “The Prairie,” and […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Music Tagged: ALEA III, Alexander Zemlinsky, Boston Conservatory Orchestra, Boston Jewish Music Festival, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Bruce Hangen, Caldwell-Titcomb, Celebrity-Series-of-Boston, Charles Fisk, Chopin, Christian Wolff, Classical Music, Gil-Rose, Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Harvard University Choir, James Levine, Jordan Hall, Lukas Foss, New Center for Arts and Culture, OperaHub, Peter Lieberson, Tallis Scholars, Theodore Antoniou, Welsh National Opera, Yo-Yo Ma

Classical Music Review: ‘Turn of the Screw’

Reviewed By Caldwell Titcomb The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) initiated this week what it calls Opera Annex by moving out of its usual venue for its production of Benjamin Britten’s opera The Turn of the Screw. The site chosen was the Park Plaza Castle, built in 1891 as a Boston armory.

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Opera Tagged: Andrew Bisantz, Benjamin Britten, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Caldwell-Titcomb, Henry James, Opera, Opera Annex, Turn of the Screw

Opera Review: ‘Carmen’

By Caldwell Titcomb The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) is currently offering Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” his last completed and finest opera, which had its delayed and unsuccessful premiere in 1875. According to Opera America, “Carmen” ranks No. 4 in the list of most performed works from the 1880s to 2005, surpassed only by Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera Tagged: Boston-Lyric-Opera, Caldwell-Titcomb, Carmen, Dana Beth Miller, Georges Bizet, Opera

Coming Attractions in Classical Music: November 2009

By Caldwell Titcomb Nov 1: Dinosaur Annex celebrates the 80th birthday of composer Yehudi Wyner with two of his works, plus music by David Liptak, Stefan Hakenberg & others. Wyner will himself perform. Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon Street, Boston, at 7:30 p.m. (Talk with composers at 6:30 p.m.)

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions Tagged: Andrew List, Benjamin-Zander, Boston Cecilia and Musica Sacra, Boston Chamber Music Soceity, Boston Early Music Festival, Boston Modern Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston-Conservatory, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Caldwell-Titcomb, Celebrity-Series, Dinosaur Annex, Fabio Luisi, Ingrid Fliter, Joseph Silverstein, MIT Symphony Orchestra, The Berliln Philarmonic, The Boston Classical Orchestra, The Boston Philharmonic, The Lydian String Quartet, The Mimesis Ensemble

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