Author: stephanieadrian
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Another Review of Émilie and Video
This weekend I travelled to Charleston, SC to see all three operas offered by the Spoleto Festival USA – Émilie (Saariaho), The Magic Flute (Mozart) and The Medium (Menotti). Kaija Saariaho’s monodrama Émilie had been criticized for it’s lack of dramatic impetus, but I found the interior drama of Émilie du Châtelet to be extremely compelling, expressive yet obviously contrived with the…
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June 2011 Opera News: Review of Atlanta Opera’s Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess ATLANTA Atlanta Opera 2/26/11 George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess is a period piece that provides a glimpse of life on Catfish Row — a former Charlestown mansion converted to a black tenement house — and a goldmine of early-twentieth-century music that remains as lyric and operatic as ever. Atlanta Opera presented…
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Jimmy Paulk’s Review of the Spoleto Festival: Filling Atlanta’s Gaps…
When the Atlanta Journal-Constitution down-sized and released several of its arts critics a few years ago, the critics created their own online forum in which to publish their assessments of Atlanta arts events. I regularly read http://www.ArtsCriticATL.com because I enjoy Pierre Ruhe’s reports of classical music in our southern city. Below I’ve pasted a link to Jimmy Paulk’s review of…
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Pilates and Opera Singing
Motivation for all of us to keep up our pilates workouts…This photo is taken from the February 1951 issue of Life: Trainer Joseph Pilates balancing on soprano Roberta Peter’s belly!
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Kudos for Opera Education!
Atlanta Opera’s HS Opera Institute Students to Perform in Spring Concert Read more: http://atlanta.broadwayworld.com/article/Atlanta-Operas-HS-Opera-Institute-Students-to-Perform-in-Spring-Concert-65-20110519#ixzz1MtMBH000 On Sunday, June 5 at 4pm at the Morningside Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, graduates from The Atlanta Opera’s High School Opera Institute will be showcasing their work in a performance featuring arias and small ensemble pieces from some of opera’s greatest…
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Caruso in 1904
The Library of Congress recently made more than 10,000 historical recordings available to the public online. Just browse: http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/ This morning I discovered a 1904 recording of Enrico Caruso singing “Chiudo gli occhi” from Massenet’s Manon. http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/05/11/136185857/library-of-congress-launches-national-jukebox
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Atlanta Opera Commission: Rabbit Tales by Nicole Chamberlain
http://www.artscriticatl.com/2011/05/breaking-news-atlanta-opera-commissions-local-talent-for-%E2%80%9Cbr%E2%80%99er-rabbit%E2%80%9D-opera-its-first-commission/ I wrote a piece for Atlanta magazine a few years ago called, “The Context” and within it I discussed the national standing of The Atlanta Opera. At that time AO had just become a resident company at the sparkling Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre and had increased its annual budget to $6 million. During my…
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The Brains Behind Talent
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2007/03/02/sports/1194817108368/the-brains-behind-talent.html A New York Times video that I dedicate to my voice students and their parents. In short, an explanation of why practice makes perfect!
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Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs
http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2011/04/25/135703102/composer-peter-lieberson-dies-at-64 When I was researching Andre Previn for my doctoral dissertation over ten years ago I was led on a journey to unexpected places. Previn led me to his extended song “The Giraffes Go To Hamburg” and ultimately to the novel Out of Africa, the work from which the text is excerpted. Previn led me to Hollywood and…
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Victor Borge Funnies
http://youtu.be/rczpLa8wuhA If you love opera and have never seen Victor Borge’s trademark schtick performing “Caro nome” with soprano Marian Mulvey you’re missing out. For today though, I’m posting Borge’s variations on “Happy Birthday” in honor of my dad who will be celebrating his 68th birthday tomorrow.
Stephanie Adrian 