• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • About
  • Donate

The Arts Fuse

Boston's Online Arts Magazine: Dance, Film, Literature, Music, Theater, and more

  • Podcasts
  • Coming Attractions
  • Reviews
  • Short Fuses
  • Interviews
  • Commentary
  • The Arts
    • Performing Arts
      • Dance
      • Music
      • Theater
    • Other
      • Books
      • Film
      • Food
      • Television
      • Visual Arts

Claudio Monteverdi

Concert Review: More Masterly Monteverdi from the Boston Early Music Festival

David Hansen (Nerone), Nell Snaidas (Amore), and Amanda Forsythe (Poppea)

The Boston Early Music Festival’s production of Monteverdi’s final opera, L’incoronazione di Poppea, is not to be missed.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Boston Early Music Festival, Claudio Monteverdi, Poppea

Concert Review: Boston Early Music Festival’s Ulisse Hits the Mark

Colin Balzer as Ulisse.

Sunday’s performance of Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria—by a company whose members know each other’s abilities, voices, and personalities well—gave every indication of an extraordinary week ahead.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Boston Early Music Festival, Claudio Monteverdi, Ulysses

Classical Concert Review: Boston Baroque Celebrates Monteverdi — Beautifully

I am starting to love Vespers of 1610 deeply, so I am happy to be given so many opportunities by first-rate groups to re-experience it.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Boston Baroque, Claudio Monteverdi, Martin Pearlman, Monteverdi, Teresa Wakim, Vespers, Vespers of 1610, Yulia van Doren

Classical Music Review: Green Mountain Project — Monteverdi at his most Audacious

Green Mountain Project has done everything right, paying careful, historically informed attention to pitch, transposition, tempi, number of performers, and tuning.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Claudio Monteverdi, Green Mountain Project, Jolle Greenleaf, Julie Andrijeski, Scott Metcalfe, Vespers of 1610

Opera Review: An Outstanding “Orfeo” from Boston Early Music Festival

The tremendous success and rave reviews elicited by this “Orfeo” are due in large part to Boston Early Music Festival’s superb orchestra and cast of eight singers.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera Tagged: Boston Early Music Festival, Claudio Monteverdi, Orfeo

Opera Review: ‘L’Incoronazione di Poppea’

By Caldwell Titcomb If you know a bit about opera, you will have heard of Verdi – but perhaps not of Monteverdi. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) was the first major composer in the history of opera, and the biennial Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) is presenting his last opera, “L’Incoronazione di Poppea” (“The Coronation of Poppaea”) […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Opera Tagged: “The Coronation of Poppaea”, Boston Early Music Festival, Caldwell-Titcomb, Claudio Monteverdi, Paul O’Dette, Stephen Stubbs

Primary Sidebar

Search

Popular Posts

  • Album Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am the Moon” — Part Two, “Ascension” The high quality of the material presented thus far jus... posted on June 27, 2022
  • Theater Review: “1776” — Still an Egg in the Theatrical Incubator This revival of 1776 tries to strike a culture wars bal... posted on June 5, 2022
  • Television Review: “Shoresy” — A Spin-off That Falls Short The Canadian sports comedy Shoresy works as its own ser... posted on June 7, 2022
  • Album Review: Drummer Bill Bruford’s “Making a Song and Dance” — Adventures Galore Legendary percussionist Bill Bruford’s recorded output... posted on May 31, 2022
  • Book Review: “Translating Myself and Others” — The Air We Breathe The cumulative effect over the course of Jhumpa Lahiri'... posted on June 15, 2022

Social

Follow us:

Follow the Conversation

  • Daniel Gewertz June 29, 2022 at 11:20 am on Film Review: The Devil and “Elvis”Exceedingly stylish, smart review. Convinced me not to see the movie... until I can do so for "free," that is....
  • joann green breuer June 29, 2022 at 10:09 am on Theater Review: “Screwball” — Laughter’s Saving GraceThis commentary is the equal of the show. Would we had more of both.
  • Scott McLennan June 29, 2022 at 9:47 am on Concert Review: Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway Dazzle at The Sinclair in CambridgeNice! Thanks for the report. Molly and this band are really clicking. I caught a show during the first leg...
  • Hoyt June 28, 2022 at 10:44 pm on Concert Review: Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway Dazzle at The Sinclair in CambridgeNice review. Saw her/them at The Birchmere (Alexandria, VA) last night (6/27/22). Two hours, no-break with a 4-song encore. Molly...
  • nathan heinze June 28, 2022 at 8:45 pm on Visual Arts Commentary: Philip Guston and the Impossibility of Art CriticismFantastic review! Insightful and thoughtful.

Footer

  • About Us
  • Advertising/Underwriting
  • Syndication
  • Media Resources
  • Editors and Contributors

We Are

Boston’s online arts magazine since 2007. Powered by 70+ experts and writers.

Follow Us

Monthly Archives

Categories

"Use the point of your pen, not the feather." -- Jonathan Swift

Copyright © 2022 · The Arts Fuse - All Rights Reserved · Website by Stephanie Franz