Feminist in the Concert Hall
Dr. Marcia J. Citron on The Wreckers at Houston Grand Opera
We are deeply honored to have Dr. Marcia J. Citron as a guest blogger. Dr. Citron is Professor Emerita at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University. The author of When Opera Meets Film (Cambridge UP, 2010) and Opera on Screen (Yale UP, 2000), her groundbreaking...
More good news! A Premiere by Marion Bauer!
More good news! .... And some silliness! Marion Bauer's Symphony n. 1, one of the last works she composed, will receive its long delayed premiere on Nov. 15 by the Seattle Collaborative Orchestra. Bauer's Symphony composed in 1951, was scheduled to be conducted by...
Composer of the Month: Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824)
By Elizabeth de Brito Maria Theresia von Paradis (The Blind Enchantress, as she was sometimes known) captivated Europe with her prodigious music talents. She concertized widely, composed wonderful music, and became a powerful inspiration, both in classical music and...
Some (GOOD) News for Today!
Some GOOD News for your Wednesday! We are so excited that Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers is receiving an important production at the Houston Grand Opera, and that critics and audiences are THRILLED! The Houston Press calls the 1906 work “an absolute marvel” and demands...
The Wreckers Storms Houston!
by Amy Zigler, PhD, Associate Professor of Music, Salem College 116 years after its premiere, Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers received its first-ever staging by a major American opera house. In keeping with its renewed focus on the ‘grand’ in Houston Grand Opera, the...
Elizabeth Recommends: Symphonic Poems
By Elizabeth de Brito This month on Elizabeth Recommends I am focusing on Tone Poems, introducing seven of the most essential symphonic poems from the past two centuries and around the world. Each one depicts an extraordinary story, some inspired by specific poetry,...