tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41185873467261251082024-03-13T09:08:36.564-07:00NYU OVERTURESNYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-58771257667423772332013-04-06T20:06:00.003-07:002013-04-06T20:06:53.833-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Great <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/arts/music/giulio-cesare-with-natalie-dessay-at-the-met.html?_r=0">review</a> of Giulio Cesare in the NYT!</span>NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-23560534960148461762013-04-03T14:49:00.003-07:002013-04-03T14:49:53.503-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Videos <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/video/2012-2013/giulio-cesare">HERE</a> of the gorgeous Giulio Cesare we saw!</span>NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-30883968096696772602013-04-03T10:55:00.000-07:002013-04-03T10:55:57.791-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have a few tickets for the dress rehearsal for Poulenc's <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/opera/dialogues-des-carmelites-poulenc-tickets.aspx">Dialogues des Carmélites</a> at the Met on the morning of May 1st. They are FREE.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a really extraordinary work and not one we often get to see performed. Please email if you want a ticket and say whether you'd like to bring a friend.</span><br />
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<br />NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-30475423142725605882013-03-31T16:11:00.003-07:002013-03-31T16:11:49.201-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A great <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/arts/music/alice-coote-in-giulio-cesare-at-the-met.html?_r=0">interview</a> with Alice Coote, who appears in Giulio Cesare. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look forward to seeing some of you there tomorrow! We have a couple of extra tickets if anyone still wants one...</span>NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-38712428832972097922013-03-29T11:44:00.001-07:002013-03-29T12:02:30.862-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charpentier's <a href="http://www.bam.org/theater/2013/david-et-jonathas">David et Jonathas</a> at BAM will be wonderful. The fabulous baroque conductor William Christie and <a href="http://www.arts-florissants.com/site/accueil.php4">Les Arts Florissants</a>. If you don't already love French baroque opera, you will when you hear them. Elegant melancholy and ravishing beauty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the incredibly stylish Atys they did at BAM last year:</span><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXFsrCG51Pc"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXFsrCG51Pc</span></a>NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-74291251256273849232013-03-21T15:59:00.001-07:002013-03-21T15:59:14.266-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An inside view of the Metropolitan Opera in the New York Times</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/magazine/the-epic-ups-and-downs-of-peter-gelb.html?hp"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/magazine/the-epic-ups-and-downs-of-peter-gelb.html?hp</span></a>NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-46811989728133759282013-03-20T08:46:00.001-07:002013-03-20T08:46:46.663-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On April 1 we will hear countertenor David Daniels sing Giulio Cesare at the Met. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Handel wrote absolutely exquisite music for countertenor voices. Here's a gorgeous example, sung by Iestyn Davies:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can read about the recent renaissance in countertenor singing <a href="http://www.departures.com/articles/new-age-of-the-countertenors">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this is Daniels in a stunning duet from Giulio Cesare:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8byfaTlsYI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8byfaTlsYI</a></span>NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-397159351843377672013-03-18T23:12:00.001-07:002013-03-18T23:20:01.093-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tickets start at $25 for New York City Opera performances:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is some very exciting music in Rossini's Moses in Egypt! For instance:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-87571894050250548742013-03-18T12:58:00.001-07:002013-03-18T13:00:48.104-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Met still has $25 student tickets available for Francesca da Rimini, Otello, and Faust.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is Maria Callas singing the GORGEOUS Willow Song from Verdi's Otello.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxBeqAfVaC0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxBeqAfVaC0</a>NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-73750699296131301832013-03-15T22:00:00.002-07:002013-03-18T13:08:15.314-07:00<span style="font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nietzsche's brilliant descriptions of Parsifal...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2013/03/parsing-parsifal.html#ixzz2Nfx423IY" style="color: #003399; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2013/03/parsing-parsifal.html#ixzz2Nfx423IY</a></span></span>NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-66777864079724910632013-03-13T16:43:00.003-07:002013-03-13T16:43:55.477-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A very rare staging of a C17th Cavalli opera at <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/events/eliogabalo/">the Box</a> starting Friday, March 15.</span>NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-37025024657342836672013-03-13T16:05:00.000-07:002013-03-13T16:05:08.539-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nico Muhly's <a href="http://www.bam.org/music/2013/planetarium">Planetarium</a> at BAM, March 21-25, will be cosmic.</span>NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-5618160965875163492013-03-13T16:02:00.002-07:002013-03-13T16:02:18.922-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On April 1 we will go to the dress rehearsal of <a href="http://bcove.me/xuacffw0">Giulio Cesare</a> at the Met.</span>NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-74376865481626922942013-03-13T16:00:00.005-07:002013-03-13T16:00:52.991-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In February we LOVED Jonas Kaufmann as <a href="http://bcove.me/vp1let0m">Parsifal</a>.</span>NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-30472696297162548612013-03-13T15:57:00.004-07:002013-03-13T15:57:39.869-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are looking forward to Nico Muhly's <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/opera/twoboys-muhly-tickets.aspx">Two Boys</a> at the Met next season. And to <a href="http://www.lepoissonrouge.com/lpr_events/le-poisson-rouge-the-metropolitan-opera-present-an-evening-with-nico-muhly-two-boys-and-other-works-early-show-may-14th-2013/">this</a> anticipatory event at Le Poisson Rouge.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>NYU OVERTUREShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482354798371597964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118587346726125108.post-79079811536038613872013-03-13T10:44:00.001-07:002013-03-13T10:44:05.457-07:00helloNYU OVERTURES is the new student opera society at NYU.<br />
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