Elizabeth – As I looked around Avery Fisher before Sweeney Todd started, I was a bit irritated about having paid $220 for a ticket. Growing up, Avery Fisher is where my parents took us for Mostly Mozart festival performances and other classical music concerts. It was “safe” for kids in that (at least at the time)… [Read More]
The Music That Isn’t There Yet: The American Premiere of Stockhausen’s Michaels Reise um die Erde at Avery Fisher Hall
photo courtesy of Lincoln Center Festival Facebook Elizabeth – We had tickets to Toshio Hosokawa’s one act opera Matsukaze this past weekend, but when offered the chance to see the American premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Michaels Reise um die Erde (Michael’s Journey Around the Earth) we jumped at the chance. Admittedly, I don’t know much… [Read More]
Fabulous Fabiano: Singular Excellence at Avery Fisher Hall
A friend and I attended The Opera Orchestra of New York’s performance of I Lombardi at Avery Fisher Hall last night. The concert was fine but I was blown away by tenor Michael Fabiano. His performance was absolutely and thrillingly goose bump inducing. I so look forward to seeing him in the new production… [Read More]
The Gospel According to Dudamel, Adams and Sellars: The Gospel According to the Other Mary at Avery Fisher Hall
Last week, under the cool springy hair and steady hands of LA Philharmonic’s dynamic Gustavo Dudamel, Avery Fisher Hall held the New York premiere of John Adams and Peter Sellars’ most recent collaboration, The Gospel According to the Other Mary. The crowd seemed noticeably more excited, and aggressive, than the usual tame Avery Fisher vibe…. [Read More]
