opera
‘Zajal’: Composer Dave Soldier traces origin of modern song to medieval Spain
March 20, 2020Zajal was produced by Pedro Cortes, called “the foremost American exponent of Gypsy flamenco.”
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A marvel of inventiveness in two one-acts from Pacific Opera Project
January 29, 2020You wouldn’t have to be an opera lover to love Pacific Opera Project’s latest venture, a double bill of two 20th-century works.
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A revelatory performance of Erich Korngold’s opera ‘Der Ring des Polykrates’
December 23, 2019The 1914 one-act opera, composed when the precocious Korngold was but 17 years old, is in a full-blown, late German Romantic idiom.
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‘Juana’: The feminist, nun, scholar, thinker, poet—and now an opera
December 5, 2019Feminists, opera lovers, anyone interested in Sor Juana and Mexican history, all would be enchanted by this fresh new work.
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A new ‘epic jazz opera’ on CD elevates the migrant liberation movement
October 22, 2019With a firm grasp on the canon of liberation music before him, Barson (a student of and collaborator with the late Fred Ho) has crafted a work for these times, but one deserving of a lifespan...
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