Monday Link Round Up: January 25, 2016

by | Jan 25, 2016

Some news to start your week! Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg will be stepping down from her position as Music Director of the New Century Chamber Orchestra next year.     The San Francisco Classical Voice has the story.   British Cultural Minister says that UK...

Monday Link Round Up: October 19, 2015

by | Oct 19, 2015

Some news to start your week! As we talk about inclusiveness of women, we must also address topics of race.  Over the summer the Metropolitan Opera decided to ban the use of blackface in performances of Otello.  This week Anne Midgette of The Washington Post spoke to...

The Wreckers: An Opera for our Time

by | Jul 23, 2015

Ethel Smyth’s “The Wreckers” (1906) will receive its’ first staged US performance Friday night (July 24) at Bard Summerscape (total of 5 performances).  NPR’s All Things Considered aired a feature (available here)  about this historic performance (Musicologist...

Monday Link Roundup: July 20, 2015

by | Jul 20, 2015

Some news to peruse as you start your week! The New York Times shared that due to overwhelming interest for Cold Mountain, the first opera by Jennifer Higdon, another performance has been added.  The Santa Fe Opera will be giving the wold premiere the work on Thursday...

The “Female Beethoven” rediscovered in north Germany!

by | Feb 21, 2015

“The Norwegians have their Grieg, The Finns their Sibelius, the Poles have their Chopin.  And WE have Emilie Mayer – we just didn’t know it until now!”  So proclaimed the northern German Nordkurrier  in May 2012, when the Neubrandenburger Philharmonie...