The New York Times reviewed the new opera by Jeanine Tesori (libretto by Tony Kushner) that was just premiered at the Glimmerglass Festival. You can read the review here.
Winners were posted over at the New Music Box. The six selected composers include Hannah Lash and Andreia Pinto-Correia. From the press release: Hannah Lash has received numerous honors and prizes, including the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award and a Charles...
Renowned opera and theater director Francesca Zambello has found her name in headlines often as of late. After directing an acclaimed production of Wagners Ring Cycle in San Francisco (where she is an artistic adviser), and being named artistic adviser for the...
NPR’s Deceptive Cadence picked up on a twitter feed recently questioning which composer is the “biggest badass”, with qualifications to include drugs, sex, guts and politics. The list of composers included (surprise!!!) no women. Though the list, which was compiled...
Robert Owen Lehman is selling his collection of music manuscripts. The collection, which is valued at $135 million, is currently housed at The Morgan Library & Museum in NYC. Lehman hasn’t officially announced what he intends to do with the profits from the sale,...
