Damrau & Brownlee Delight in Met “Barbiere”
Diana Damrau and Lawrence Brownlee - photos by Ken Howard
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Gioachino Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” returned to the Metropolitan Opera repertory on February 26, for three performances, under Maurizio Benini’s baton, in Bartlett Sher’s production, currently staged by Kathleen Smith Belcher, with several principals resuming their roles and several new to their assignments. Read more
Religious & Family Struggles Mark Potent New “Caso Mortara” at Dicapo
Iulia Merca as Marianna Mortara and Chad Armstrong as Pope Pio IX - photo by Sarah Shatz
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
On February 25, the Dicapo Opera Theatre presented the world premiere of “Il Caso Mortara,” a powerful new opera that the company commissioned, by young Italian composer Francesco Cilluffo, inspired by an actual, historic case. Read more
Met Gives “Bohème” with Dream Cast for Our Time
Cast - photo by Corey Weaver, Metropolitan Opera
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
A dream cast for the current generation brought me back to the Metropolitan Opera for Giacomo Puccini’s “La Bohème” (1896) for the first time in nearly a decade-and-a-half. Read more
Lost in Yonkers–Found in Millburn
Lost in Yonkers courtesy of Cleveland Play House, Photo by Peter Jennings; From Left to Right: Sara Surrey (Bella); Alex Wyse (Jay); John Plumpis (Eddie); and Maxwell Beer (Arty)
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by Sherri Rase
It’s the dog-days of August and what could be hotter than a 1942 walk up apartment over a store? Two boys-one fifteen, one thirteen-are both dressed in their only suits, which happen to be tweed. Read more
Damrau Takes on Donizetti’s Tomboy “Daughter,” with Flórez as her Love, & Dame Kiri as a Dizzy Duchess
Diana Damrau and Juan Diego Florez - photo by Ken Howard, Metropolitan Opera
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Gaetano Donizetti’s comedy, with serious underpinnings, “La Fille du Régiment” (The Daughter of the Regiment, 1840), enjoyed a sparkling Metropolitan Opera revival this month, in Laurent Pelly’s imaginative production, introduced here two seasons ago. There were newcomers to the cast, Read more
In Philip’s “All That Might Happen,” Gay Couple Would Father a Child with a Friend, But Fate Deals a Different Hand than Expected
Andrew Loren Resto, Marian Bonner, and John Philip - photo by Tom Zuback
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
On Thursdays through Saturdays, through March 6, go to Manhattan Theatre Source to learn “All That Might Happen,” in John Philip’s intense new one-act, three-scene play, when a New York City gay male couple, Corey and Seth, portrayed by real-life couple playwright Philip and Andrew Loren Resto, excitedly prepares to enter into a contract with their young neighbor Helen, Read more
Jack Dowling Story Published by Hamilton Stone Review
Jack Dowling - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Cherry Grove and New York City writer and artist Jack Dowling recently informed Q News that his short story, “Curtain Time,” has been published on line in the Winter-Spring 2010 issue of Hamilton Stone Review.
“Curtain Time” concerns a strange encounter that takes place just before a dance performance at the Joyce Theatre in Chelsea. The story can be found at www.hamiltonstone.org.
Jack was one of several Cherry Grove writers who read short works, or works-in-progress, of fiction and non-fiction, at the Cherry Grove Read more
Uggams, in Lincoln Center American Songbook Appearance, Shares Her Songs & Story
Leslie Uggams - photo courtesy of Lincoln Center
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
On February 20, at the Allen Room, Leslie Uggams, charismatic and award-winning star of, as the saying goes, stage, screen and television, offered what she called, “My first official New York soirée-I love that word soirée-in 18 years,” entitled “Uptown Downtown,” referring to the local stages on which she has sung and conquered, as part of the Lincoln Center American Songbook. Music director and pianist Don Rebic, woodwind player Walt Weiskopf, guitarist Steve Bargonetti, bassist Ray Kilday, and percussionist Buddy Williams assisted and Michael Bush was responsible for concept and direction. Read more
Mardi Gras 2010 in New Orleans: Carnival Season with a Side of Saints
at Bourbon Street Awards - Lords of Leather Consort Tim Lott (left) - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Carnival season in New Orleans this year was even more of a three-ring circus than usual: there was a mayoral primary on February 6, in which Louisiana’s Republican Governor Bobby Jindal’s Democratic Lieutenant Governor, Mitch Landrieu, was anointed as the Crescent City’s first Caucasian mayor in 32 years, Read more
American Songbook: Nellie in Blue
Nellie McKay - photo by Caroline Knopf
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by Sherri Rase
On February 18, Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series featured Nellie McKay in her “Normal as Blueberry Pie” tribute to America’s Sweetheart Doris Day. The Allen Room was filled to capacity and the snow still whitened the ground of the southeast corner of Central Park. This twinkling cityscape was the backdrop for the long stage that’s as deep as a whisper, yet still managed to accommodate a long, thin topless Steinway, with a heroically proportioned Lonnie Plaxico on upright bass, an agile Benjamin Bynum on drums and percussion, with Belinda Whitney on violin with Glenn Drewes on Trumpet and horns and Howard Fishman on guitar. That’s quite a crew and still there was a small table and mic set up closer still to the crowd. All was set for the force majeure about to ascend the stage. Read more
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