Rare Baroque jewels shine at Morgan Library with Boston's Tragicomedia

Par Stephen Raskauskas, 30 janvier 2012

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Critique faite à The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, le 27 janvier 2012

Haendel, Selection of Early Cantatas

Stephen Stubbs, Direction musicale, Guitare baroque, Théorbe

Shannon Mercer, Soprano

Douglas Williams, Baryton-basse

Paul O'Dette, Guitare baroque, Théorbe

Erin Headley, Viole de gambe

Kristian Bezuidenhout, Clavecin

Niobe, Regina di Tebe à Toulouse

Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 29th January

Le Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra et pas moins de neufs chanteurs issus de différents horizons étaient réunis pour l’exécution du septième opéra en trois actes du compositeur italien Agostino Steffani, Niobe, Regina di Tebe.

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Aufs Korn genommen: Lampes The Dragon of Wantley beim Musikfest Bremen

Jens Klier, 24th August

In der Lachmuskeln strapazierenden Inszenierung formationseigenen Gilbert Blins gelingt dem BEMF ein Opernspaß, der es absolut verdient, vermehrt sein fantastisches Unwesen treiben zu dürfen.

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BEMF stages Francesca Caccini's Alcina

Kevin Wells, 10th June

A rare chance to see the first extant opera written by a woman, Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’ isola d’ Alcina.

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Orfeo ed Eurydice in Seattle... without the happy ending

Philippa Kiraly, 12th January

Seattle Opera’s tiny Tagney Jones Hall hosts a new production of Gluck's opera, but without the happy ending he was forced to provide.

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BEMF presents La serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo

Kevin Wells, 17th June

A riotous double bill of Pergolesi at the Boston Early Music Festival.

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Handel’s La Resurrezione brought blazingly to life

Kevin Wells, 15th June

Handel's La Resurrezione, anchored the Boston Early Music Festival’s Thursday programs in a dramatic reading by many of the same forces performing Campra’s La Carnaval de Venise.

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Stephen Raskauskas

Stephen Raskauskas is passionate about the performing arts. As a performer, he has collaborated on productions acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and Huffington Post. He has received numerous fellowships and awards, and holds degrees in music from the University of Chicago and Princeton University.