by Barry Lenson | May 26, 2022 | Numi Opera, Opera
Numi Opera will present Journey Out of Darkness, a concert of opera arias on Sunday, May 27th at 7:00 PM at The Broad Stage,1310 11th Street in Santa Monica, California 90401. Tickets are $50 and $35 for students and seniors. For more information or to purchase...
by Barry Lenson | Sep 29, 2021 | Opera, Terence Blanchard
On September 28th – just last night – the Metropolitan Opera opened its season with a performance of the new opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones by the American composer Terence Blanchard. As I write this post this morning, rave reviews are pouring in for...
by Barry Lenson | Sep 17, 2021 | Don Giovanni, Mozart, Opera
Some years ago I saw a rock version of Monteverdi’s Inoronazione di Poppea that was just great. The producers simply let a rock band play what Monteverdi wrote – with no modifications at all, except for the addition of a drum set. The performers sang it in English....
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