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]
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]
