Racette Scores Triumph as Diverse Heroines of “Trittico”
Stephanie Blythe & Patricia Racette in ''SuorAngelica'' photo by Ken Howard, Metropolitan Opera
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Patricia Racette, the openly lesbian soprano, scores a major triumph, surely the tour-de-force of the first half of the Metropolitan Opera season, by following in the footsteps of Renata Scotto and Teresa Stratas at the Met, Beverly Sills at City Opera on a single occasion-March 8, 1967-and Renata Tebaldi on recording, and tackling all three very different heroines in Giacomo Puccini’s “Il Trittico” (The Triptych, 1918)-sad Giorgetta, having an affair to escape from a stifling existence, with fatal consequences for her love, in “Il Tabarro” (The Cloak); tragic Suor Angelica, in the opera of the same name, consigned to a convent, by an unforgiving family, for shaming their noble name by having a child without marrying; and sunny young Lauretta in the darkly comic “Gianni Schicchi.” Read more
Encores! Series Presents “Girl Crazy,” Feel-Good Show with Some Surprise Thorns
(L– R) Mylinda Hull, Wayne Knight, Chris Diamantopoulos, Marc Kudisch, Becki Newton, Ana Gasteyer - photo by Carol Rosegg
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
City Center’s Encores! series’ season opened with George and Ira Gershwin’s “Girl Crazy” (1930), a (mostly) feel-good Depression era musical, with book by Guy Bolton and Jack McGowan, which introduced Ethel Merman to Broadway and brought her overnight stardom. Read more
Manhattan School Examines the Musicking of the Bard of Avon
curtain call - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) Opera Theater showed off students’ talents in a program on November 20, and repeated on the 22nd, entitled “Opera and Shakespeare: the Food of Love,” consisting of scenes from diverse musical settings of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” (as a prelude), “Romeo and Juliet,” and “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” the expected ones and some surprises as well. Jorge Parodi presided over the music, with orchestral parts played in a two-piano arrangement, and Gordon Ostrowski staged the scenes. Read more
Between the Lines with Janis Ian
Janis Ian - photo courtesy of www.JanisIan.com
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By Sherri Rase
“From Me To You” rang out with purpose from the stage at the Ciccone Theatre in Paramus, New Jersey on November 19. Janis Ian’s performance was the crowning jewel in the diadem of GLBT Awareness Week at Bergen Community College and the audience sat rapt, listening to the lyrics of the Voice of Innocence sung by the Voice of Experience. Read more
NYFOS Fields Delightful Probe of ‘American Songwriting Teams’
Steven Blier - photo by Richard Termine, MaryTesta - photo by Curtis Holbrook, Jason Graae - photo by John Ganun, Sylvia McNair - photo by Ray Markin
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Music by “Great American Songwriting Teams” was the focus of the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) November program, which I heard on the 19th, at its third and final outing, with NYFOS’ invaluable Artistic Director, Co-founder, pianist and arranger Steven Blier guiding Jason Graae, Sylvia McNair and Mary Testa, a winning trio of singers, at Merkin Concert Hall. Read more
Celebrating (with) Aprile Millo at a Most Eclectic Anniversary Recital
Aprile Millo, with Marcello Giordani, in "La Gioconda," courtesy of Opera Orchestra of New York
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
On November 17, at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, under the auspices of Eve Queler’s Opera Orchestra of New York (OONY), beloved Italian-American soprano Aprile Millo celebrated the 25th Read more
“On the Town” is Big Night Out
"On The Town" at Paper Mill Playhouse, Photo by Kevin Sprague, From left to right: Brian Shepard; James A. Pierce, III; Tyler Hanes; Jeffrey Schecter
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By Sherri Rase
Three boys, two girls, and a quest for Miss Turnstiles in the world’s greatest city marks just the beginning of “On the Town,” now playing through December 6 at Paper Mill Playhouse in Milburn, New Jersey. Read more
Selections Familiar & Rare, & a World Premiere Help Mark Big Apple Corps’ Big 3-0
Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band - photo courtesy of The Gay Big Apple Corps
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Our community’s cherished band, the Big Apple Corps, in its formal concert incarnation as the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band, celebrated the pearl anniversary of the Corps’ founding, in 1979, with “Generations: A 30-Year Celebration,” Read more
Philadelphia Leather Pride Night Organizers Announce Distribution of Funds Raised
Slave Tami, Master Steve & MC Jill Carter - photo by Ms. Max Rulz
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
On November 13, Mid-Atlantic Leather Woman 2009 Cowboi Jen, Producer of Philadelphia’s first-ever Leather Pride Night (www.plpn.org), at the Voyeur Club on November 7, and PLPN Director of Operations Wendy announced details of the distribution of the $10,698 raised for the three beneficiaries of the charity event. Read more
Joe Fiore Announces 11/14 Furball at Center & 11/28 Asbury Park Ride
Furball - photo courtesy of Joe Fiore
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Joe Fiore, coordinator of Dance:208, at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan, and producer of additional events elsewhere, has announced that the extremely popular semi-annual Furball is set for November 14, at the Center, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., and that Asbury Park Ride, another eagerly anticipated event, will take place on November 28 at the Stone Pony, following Santa Saturday® at the Paradise. Read more
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