by Liane Curtis | Nov 22, 2022
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...
by Liane Curtis | Nov 9, 2019
We’ve followed the important work of the Chicago Sinfonietta for many years (for instance, here is our 2013 interview with their music director, Mei Ann Chen) and are happy to present a review of their latest CD, reviewed by Quinn Mason. Quinn’s previous...
by Liane Curtis | May 18, 2017
While we rarely publish CD reviews on our blog, we decided it was important to give coverage to a recent CD by composer Ruth Lomon. Ruth’s music ranges from expressive and lyrical to electrifyingly engaging. But not only that, Ruth has always been seriously...
by Liane Curtis | Jan 1, 2017
Happy New Year! Without a doubt, one of 2016’s most exciting music events was the performance of Kaija Saariaho’s “L’Amour de Loin” at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. Our very first podcast offered some insiders’ ideas about the production. Now, in our second...
by Liane Curtis | Apr 6, 2016
Composer Elena Langer has achieved a brilliant success as she “completes” the Figaro “trilogy” for Welsh National Opera. Complementing Mozart’s “Marriage” and Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,”...