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Odyssey Opera

October Short Fuses – Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Short Fuses Tagged: A Story That Happens, Allen Michie, Bill-Marx, Bis, BMOP/sound, Dalkey Archive Press, Dan O'Brien, Deutsche Grammophon, Fear & Fantasy, Gerald Peary, Gil-Rose, Hard Luck Love Song, Jason Isbell, Jason M. Rubin, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Jonathan Blumhofer, Justin Corsbie, Justin Hayward, Kristy Edmunds, Krystian Zimerman, La Reine de Saba, Luz, Mark Favermann, MASS MoCA, Mauricio J. Rodriguez, Nico Muhly, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Odyssey Opera, Paul Robicheau, Pentatone, Vapors of Morphine

Classical CD Reviews: Listening During COVID, Part 3 –From Boston with Love (Performances of Haydn, Dello Joio, and Virgil Thomson).

Two new recordings and one much-welcome re-release contain first-rate performances of Haydn’s 1798 “Lord Nelson” Mass, Dello Joio’s opera about Joan of Arc, and Virgil Thomson’s astonishing musical portraits of Alice B. Toklas, Picasso, and others.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: composer Norman Dello Joio, Gil-Rose, Handel and Haydn Society, Lord Nelson” Mass, Odyssey Opera, Ralph P. Locke, The Trial at Rouen, Virgil Thomson

Opera CD Review: Gunther Schuller’s Splendid 1970 Children’s Opera Gets Its World-Premiere Recording

A Grimm, but not grim, opera about a Fisherman, his Wife, their Cat, and a wish-granting Flounder.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil-Rose, Gunther Schuller, John-Updike, Odyssey Opera, The Fisherman and His Wife

Opera Album Review, Oscar Wilde, Part 3 — A Spiffy “The Importance of Being Earnest”

Odyssey Opera revels in the glittering wit and touching moments of this full-length chamber opera by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, better known for his Hollywood film scores and some wonderful guitar pieces.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Odyssey Opera, Oscar Wilde, Ralph P. Locke, The importance of Being Earnest

Concert Review: Odyssey Opera’s “The Chronicle of Nine”

Arnold Rosner’s writing in each act is strongly contrapuntal, metrically unpredictable, and idiomatically scored. The music is marked by constantly shifting colors, a strong sense of rhythm, and a healthy dose of lyricism.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Arnold Rosner, Gil-Rose, Odyssey Opera, The Chronicle of Nine: The Tragedy of Queen Jane

Arts Commentary: 2019-20 Classical Music Preview

I’ve compiled a list of twelve concerts (or concert series) that I think will stand among the future season’s highlights.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Preview Tagged: Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Opera Collaborative, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston-Musica-Viva, Cantata Singers, Celebrity-Series, Collage New Music, Handel & Haydn Society, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Concerts, Juventas New Music Ensemble, Lexington Symphony, Longwood Symphony, New England Conservatory Orchestras, New-England-Philharmonic, Odyssey Opera

Music Commentary: 2018-19 Boston Classical Music Fall Season Preview (Orchestras, Opera, and New Music, mainly)

There’s so much going on in the area that’s good that it’s a challenge to go wrong.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Emmanuel Music, Handel & Haydn Society, New-England-Philharmonic, Odyssey Opera

Music Commentary: Top Classical Performances and Recordings of 2017

A line-up of concerts, performances, and recordings that, as 2017 draws to its close, I can’t, for one reason or many, shake from my memory.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: A Far Cry, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Christian Tetzlaff, Glass Works, Jacquelyn Stucker, Martha Argerich., New-England-Philharmonic, Odyssey Opera, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Pamela Frank, Roomful of Teeth, The Maid of Orleans

Classical Concert Review: Odyssey Opera’s “The Maid of Orléans”

Saturday’s performance ranked among Odyssey Opera’s finest and most artistically satisfying undertakings.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Gil-Rose, Joan of Arc, Odyssey Opera, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Maid of Orleans

Commentary: 2017-18 Orchestral, Opera, and New Music Season Preview

Some institutions’ offerings aren’t as challenging as they could be, but there’s a healthy balance between the familiar and new.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Preview Tagged: A Far Cry, and Brahms Society Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Bach, Beethoven, Boston Baroque, Boston New Music Festival, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Boston-Musica-Viva, Celebrity-Series, Center for New Music, Collage New Music, Guerilla Opera, Handel and Haydn Society, Lexington Symphony, NEC orchestras, New-England-Philharmonic, Odyssey Opera, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra

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