Category: music

“L’Ange de Nisida (The Angel of Nisida) – composed in the late 1830s after [Donizetti] moved to work in Paris – never saw the light of day. It was written for the city’s Théâtre de la Renaissance, but the company went bankrupt before it was premiered. The opera was thought to have been lost until musicologist Dr Candida Mantica … painstakingly located and deciphered the score’s fragments over eight years. … The work will be premiered on 18 July at Covent Garden by London-based Opera Rara.”

“Might I be killing off my son’s love of music as I force him to slowly murder Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik on the piano?”

Principal flute of the Royal Philharmonic and London Philharmonic orchestras and of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Jaime Martín turned to conducting full-time five years ago. He is principal conductor of Sweden’s Gävle Symphony and chief conductor of the Cadaqués Orchestra, a chamber ensemble in Spain.

“I love West Side Story. I can’t wait to see this coproduction with Houston Grand Opera and the Glimmerglass Festival, though the cast is yet to be announced. But the schedule makes a point as unmistakable as the high-wire high F tenor Lawrence Brownlee’s been hitting in Lyric’s current, very traditional production of I Puritani: in spite of years of trying to build it, the audience for opera, in comparison to the fans who’ll turn out for Broadway musicals, is paltry.”

“James M. Johnson, who will begin his term April 30, comes from the Omaha Symphony Association, where he is the president and CEO. … Before Omaha, Johnson spent a decade as CEO of the New York Pops, director of operations for the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and general manager of the Martha Graham Dance Company.”

“The biggest bands to emerge in the alternative and rock scene over the last few years, including Imagine Dragons and Twenty-One Pilots, have largely abandoned the electric guitar, harnessing instead the sonic textures and propulsive beats of hip-hop.”

Glass’ music is everywhere — in concert halls, in opera houses, on film and television soundtracks. He has created both a singular sound world and a repertoire of compositional strategies that have almost single-handedly transformed the face of contemporary music. His work has become a reference point for much of what audiences have experienced for decades.

“The first Irish National Opera (INO) company ran from 1965 to 1984 and specialised in productions that toured with only piano accompaniment. The second Irish National Opera company was announced in 2009 when Martin Cullen was arts minister. International consultants advised on the setting up of the company and a general director was recruited. However, it was shut down by minister Jimmy Deenihan in 2011 without ever having presented a single production. The latest incarnation, with Fergus Sheil as artistic director and Diego Fasciati as executive director, is the outcome of an Arts Council-initiated process to restore a regular supply of natively-sourced productions of mainstream repertoire to large stages in Dublin and regional centres.”

LyricFind calculated every song that mentions a U.S. president — favorably or unfavorably — and counted down the results. From ’92 Kenny G deep cuts to YG’s “FDT,” here’s a list of the most name-dropped presidents in music history.

“Michael Landers and Ariel Hsing, table tennis champions in their early 20s, are featured as the Ping-Pong-playing soloists in Andy Akiho’s energetic concerto Ricochet, which will have its American premiere on Tuesday as part of the Philharmonic’s Lunar New Year gala. And yes, this is the first time a Ping-Pong table has been onstage at David Geffen Hall.”