03/11/2013
New songs from leading contemporary composers
Shore/Wallace: The OPERA America Songbook - For Voice and Piano - A collection of 47 new songs from leading American composers edited by Scott Wollschleger, Christopher Cerrone and Juan Pablo Contreras. The songbook was commissioned by OPERA America in honor of the opening ...
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03/11/2013
Work of the Week - Gerald Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest needs no introduction. When asked what the theme of the play was, Wilde answered "That we should treat all trivial things in life very seriously, and all serious things in life with a sincere and studied triviality". His last ...
03/09/2013
Wagner Work of the Month: Wedding March
"Treulich geführt" - A melody goes round the world Commonly known as "Wedding March" (or "Here Comes the Bride"), the bridal chorus "Treulich geführt" [Faithfully guided] undoubtedly is one of the most famous melodies of the world. ...
03/08/2013
First ever Wagner Urtext edition
Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Vocal score - The fourth and last part of the Opera Tetralogy "Der Ring des Nibelungen" by Richard Wagner. The Vocal Score is based on the Complete Edition. With a preface by Egon Voss. This piano reduction corresponds to the edition ...
03/08/2013
Robert Beaser’s Spring Songs Debuts with Eliot Fisk and Yehuda Hanani in the Berkshires
The first two installments of Robert Beaser’s new song cycle Spring Songs debuts with guitarist Eliot Fisk, cellist Yehuda Hanani and soprano Jennifer Zetlan at the Close Encounters With Music series in Great Barrington, Vermont on March 23. Commissioned for Fisk and Hanani by Close Encounters’ ...
03/08/2013
OPERA America Salon Series Presents "An Evening with Douglas J. Cuomo"
OPERA America’s innovative Salon Series recently featured An Evening With Douglas J. Cuomo . The event on March 5 featured scenes from Cuomo's new opera Doubt , fresh off of its successful premiere run at Minnesota Opera, his first opera Arjuna's Dilemma , and a new work in development, ...
03/08/2013
Joseph Schwantner Celebrates 70!
We send our warmest birthday wishes to Joseph Schwantner on the occasion of his 70th birthday on March 22. One of the most admired and widely performed of living American composers today, Schwantner is a great orchestral colorist whose music is celebrated internationally for its distinctive dramatic ...
03/08/2013
It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Kamran Ince on being named a recipient of the Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The award honors four composers each year for outstanding artistic achievement and uniqueness of voice. Each recipient receives a $7500 ...
03/08/2013
New Chamber Works from Hannah Lash
Two new chamber works by Hannah Lash see their world premieres on March 28: Secrets , for trumpet and electronics, at The Stone in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; and Violations , for ensemble, at Yale University’s Sprague Hall. New York-based trumpeter and loadbang member Andy Kozar performs ...
03/08/2013
Tobias Picker’s Romances and Interludes at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
On March 12, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Symphony presents Tobias Picker's enchanting work for oboe and orchestra Romances and Interludes . The concert features soloist Stephanie Caulder with David Martynuik conducting. Written in 1989, Romances and Interludes was commissioned by the ...
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