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” 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, 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
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