San Francisco Chronicle
"The journey to Angel Island is personal for this San Francisco string quartet"
A conversation with the Del Sol Quartet as they launch a chamber music series at a former immigrant detention center |
Opera America
"New and Noteworthy: American opera's upcoming world premieres"
A round up of new American operas debuting in the 2024-2025 season. |
San Francisco Classical Voice
"Letter From Sun Valley: New Music by Quinn Mason and James Ehnes’s Brahms Concerto"
Concert review from Idaho's Sun Valley Festival
Concert review from Idaho's Sun Valley Festival
"Imagining Nikola Tesla: Phil Kline’s New Opera Searches for the Man Behind the Myth"
In conversation with composer Phil Kline about setting one of history's greatest and most eccentric geniuses to music.
In conversation with composer Phil Kline about setting one of history's greatest and most eccentric geniuses to music.
Classical Voice North America
"In first-time collaboration, opera visionaries Aucoin and Sellars give voice to the planet"
Insight from Peter Sellars and Matthew Aucoin on Music for New Bodies, a "synesthetic song cycle." |
"60 Years On, Exploring Resonance Between John Cage And Japan"
An insightful series at Japan Society broke the silence on the two-way artistic dialogue between Cage and the Japanese avant-garde.
An insightful series at Japan Society broke the silence on the two-way artistic dialogue between Cage and the Japanese avant-garde.
"The Delicacy Of Suicide As Lyric Reflection In Lang’s ‘note to a friend’" for Classical Voice North America
Based on the writings of Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, David Lang’s new opera score and libretto remain true to Akutagawa’s sentiment on being “duty bound to be honest” about the decision to take his own life. |
Seen and Heard International
"Beatrice di Tenda re-enters the repertoire with an incisive production at Paris’s Opéra Bastille" for Seen and Heard International
In conversation with director Peter Sellars about his first Italian opera and the most transgressive work by Bellini you've never heard.
In conversation with director Peter Sellars about his first Italian opera and the most transgressive work by Bellini you've never heard.
OperaWire
"Opera Meets Film: Peter Sellars’ ‘this body is so impermanent’"
Artists across disciplines explore an ancient Buddhist text for a modern meditation on illness and health. |