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HKAF2015-HP22_Tsar Bride_cover09 OP.pdf 1 13/3/15 下午5:16 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K 香港藝術節於1973年首次舉辦,自此成 Since 1973, the Hong Kong Arts Festival has been a 為本港一年一度的文化盛事,整個亞太 highlight of the city’s annual cultural calendar and a highly 地區的藝術愛好者都翹首以待。 anticipated event throughout the region. 香港藝術節每年都邀請到國際頂尖藝術 Each year, leading international artists and outstanding 家蒞臨香港,與本地藝壇精英共同獻 local talent come together over the course of a full month, 藝。整整一個月的精彩節目,為本地居 enhancing the vitality and the quality of life of residents 民和遊客提供精神養分,令他們的生活 and visitors alike. 更豐富多姿。 This year, some 50 ensembles and solo artists from Hong 今年藝術節約有50個本地及來自世界各 Kong and from all over the world will showcase nearly 地的表演團體和獨立藝術家參與,為觀 140 performances in Chinese and Western opera, music, 眾呈獻近140場表演,包羅中國戲曲、 theatre and dance. And, thanks to Festival PLUS, there is 西洋歌劇、音樂、戲劇和舞蹈;此外, more, including film screenings, workshops and backstage 還特備「加料節目」,包括電影放映、 tours. As always, I can’t wait for the shows to begin. 工作坊及後台參觀。一如以往,我熱切 期待各項節目上演,希望一睹為快。 My congratulations to the Festival team for putting together yet another outstanding line-up. 藝術節團隊再次順利籌辦一連串陣容鼎 盛的節目,謹此衷心致賀。 I know you will find this year’s Hong Kong Arts Festival 我相信今年香港藝術節定會令大家賞心 entertaining, stimulating and entirely unforgettable. 悅目,興奮難忘。 C Y Leung 梁振英 Chief Executive, 香港特別行政區行政長官 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 歡迎蒞臨第43 屆香港藝術節。 It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this 歡迎閣下蒞臨第43屆香港藝術節。 It is a pleasure and privilege to welcome you to the 43rd performance in the 43rd Hong Kong Arts Festival. Hong Kong Arts Festival. 康樂及文化事務署每年提供的撥款, 國際婦女年40週年之際,為頌揚撐起 是藝術節財政收入的一大支柱,在此 I wish to thank the Government of Hong Kong SAR, acting 半邊天的女性,本屆香港藝術節為您呈 This Festival is resplendent with brilliant Divas, marking 我衷心感謝香港特區政府;同時亦感 through the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, for 獻多位熠熠生輝的演藝天后;同時在歌 the 40th anniversary of International Women’s Year and 謝香港賽馬會慈善信託基金一直以來 the annual subvention which is a mainstay of the Festival’s 劇、音樂、戲劇和舞蹈作品中,亦涵蓋 celebrating the half of humanity that holds up half the sky. -
JUNE 2-9, 2018 Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez Artistic Director
JUNE 2-9, 2018 Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez Artistic Director Albert E. & Myrtle Gunn York Trust AEOLUS QUARTET pg. 10 MOZART’S JOYS pg. 30 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Nina M. Di Leo AEOLUS EMERGING ARTISTS COORDINATOR Faith DeBow QUARTET RENÉE ANNE LOUPRETTE pg. 10 pg. 26 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Ronald Walker, President Tim Hornback, Vice President Carolina Astrain, Secretary David Faskas, Treasurer Calendar of Events | 2-3 Thursday, June 7, evening: BOARD MEMBERS History of the Festival | 5 Homage | 22-23 Sallye Allen Bill Blanchard Friday, June 8, noon: Meet the Artistic Director | 7 Doris Boyd Teenage Geniuses | 24-25 Contributors / Memorials | 8-9 Clay Cain Friday, June 8, evening: Gary Childress Saturday & Sunday, June 2-3, evening: Renée Anne Louprette | 26-28 Paula Cobler Aeolus Quartet | 10-12 Saturday, June 9, evening: Annie Cullen Wednesday, June 6, noon: Mozart’s Joys and Sorrows | 30-35 John Griffin Emerging Artists | 14-16 Vanessa Hicks-Callaway About the Artists | 36-38 Dr. Michael Hummel Wednesday, June 6, evening: Festival Staff | 38 Phyllis Keller Baroque Masters | 18-19 Dr. Suzanne LaBrecque Thursday, June 7, noon: Acknowledgements and Thanks | 43 Linda Patterson Die Fünf & Les Six | 20-21 John Quitta Dr. Margaret Rice Mary Ann Sawyers SEASON SPONSORS Eileen Stewart Dolly Stokes Tommy Taylor Felecia Vela Philip Welder Albert E. and Myrtle Gunn York Trust ADVISORY BOARD John B. Bierman LEAD SPONSORS John E. “Buddy” Billups Wilbur Collins Dr. Marylynn Fletcher Joe A. Hewell Cloyd and Ethel Lee Tracy Foundation Lynn Knaupp M. Russell Marshall Neldene Matusevich Catherine McHaney David P. -
Rossini Propició El Futuro De La Ópera
www.proopera.org.mx • año XXVI • número 1 • enero – febrero 2018 • sesenta pesos ENTREVISTAS Andeka Gorrotxategi Óscar Martínez ENTREVISTAS EN LÍNEA Mojca Erdmann Nancy Fabiola Herrera Willy Anthony Waters FESTIVALES Cervantino XLV OBITUARIO Dmitri Hvorostovsky JohnJohn OsbornOsborn “Rossini“Rossini propiciópropició el futuro de la ópera”pro opera¾ DIRECTORIO REVISTA COMITÉ EDITORIAL Adriana Alatriste índice Luis Gutiérrez Ruvalcaba Andrea Labastida Charles H. Oppenheim 3 Carta del Presidente FUNDADOR Y DIRECTOR EMÉRITO CONCIERTOS Xavier Torres Arpi 4 Juan Diego Flórez: Canto a México EDITOR Charles H. Oppenheim 6 En breve 6 [email protected] CORRECCIÓN DE ESTILO CRÍTICA Darío Moreno 8 Otello en Bellas Artes COLABORAN EN ESTE NÚMERO 10 Ópera en México Othón Canales Treviño Carlos Fuentes y Espinosa Luis Gutiérrez Ruvalcaba PROTAGONISTAS Ingrid Haas 12 Andeka Gorrotxategi: Ramón Jacques “Me encantaría tener puestas José Noé Mercado todas las óperas de Puccini” David Rimoch Vladimiro Rivas Iturralde RESEÑA Gamaliel Ruiz 15 Arreglo de bodas en el Cenart José Andrés Tapia Osorio David Josué Zambrano de León 16 Ópera en los estados 15 www.proopera.org.mx. FESTIVALES CORRESPONSALES EN ESTE NÚMERO 20 Cervantino XLV Eduardo Benarroch Francesco Bertini Abigaíl Brambila ENTREVISTA Jorge Binaghi 22 Óscar Martínez: John Koopman Un cantante versátil Daniel Lara y un maestro ecléctico Gregory Moomjy Maria Nockin OBITUARIO Gustavo Gabriel Otero 25 Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962-2017) Joel Poblete Roberto San Juan Ximena Sepúlveda PORTADA Massimo Viazzo 26 John Osborn: “Rossini propició el futuro de la ópera” FOTOGRAFIA Ana Lourdes Herrera ESTRENO 25 DISEÑO GRAFICO 32 La degradación de la burguesía: Ida Noemí Arellano Bolio The Exterminating Angel, desde Nueva York DISEÑO PÁGINA WEB TESTIMONIAL Christiane Kuri – Espacio Azul 34 Pro Ópera en Los Ángeles DISEÑO LOGO 36 México en el mundo Ricardo Gil Rizo IMPRESION ÓPERA EN EL MUNDO Grupo Gama. -
L'italiana in ALGERI Di Gioacchino Rossini a TEATRO CON LA LUTE
A TEATRO CON LA LUTE L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI Di Gioacchino Rossini L'italiana in Algeri Dramma giocoso in due atti Musica di Gioachino Rossini Libretto di Angelo Anelli Direttore Gabriele Ferro Regia Maurizio Scaparro Regista collaboratore Orlando Forioso Scene Emanuele Luzzati Costumi Santuzza Calì Luci Bruno Ciulli Assistente ai costumi Paola Tosti Maestro al fortepiano Giuseppe Cinà Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo Allestimento del Teatro Massimo Cast Mustafà Luca Tittoto Elvira Maria Francesca Mazzara Zulma Isabel De Paoli Haly Giovanni Romeo Lindoro Levy Segkpane Isabella Teresa Iervolino Taddeo Francesco Vultaggio Direttore D’Orchestra Gabriele Ferro Ha compiuto gli studi musicali, pianoforte e composizione, diplomandosi presso il Conservatorio Santa Cecilia di Roma. Nel 1970 ha vinto il concorso per giovani direttori d’orchestra della Rai, collaborando da allora con le sue orchestre, quella dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia e della Scala di Milano per i concerti sinfonici. Ha riscosso un ampio successo internazionale dirigendo i Wiener Symphoniker, i Bamberg Symphoniker, l’Orchestre de la Suisse Ro- mande, l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, la BBC Symphony Orchestra, l’Orchestra WDR, la Cleveland Orchestra, e la Gewandhaus di Lipsia. Ha inoltre collaborato per molti anni con l’Orchestre National de France. È stato Direttore stabile dell’Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana (1979-1997), Direttore principale dell’Orchestra della Rai di Roma (1987-1991), Generalmusikdirektor dello Stuttgart Staatstheater (1991-1997), Direttore musicale del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (1999-2004) e Direttore principale del Teatro Massimo di Palermo (2001-2006). Il suo repertorio spazia dalla musica classica alla contemporanea, nell’ambito della quale ha diretto in prima mondiale opere di Berio, Clementi, Maderna, Stockhausen, Lieti, Nono, Rihm, Battistelli, Betta etc. -
LA TRAVIATA OPERA in THREE ACTS Tweet Your Thoughts About Tonight’S Performance Before It Starts, During the Interval Or Afterwards with #Rohtraviata
Approximate timings THE ROYAL OPERA Live cinema relay begins at 6.45pm MUSIC DIRECTOR SIR ANTONIO PAPPANO DIRECTOR OF OPERA KASPER HOLTEN Act I 35 minutes Interval Act II scene 1 44 minutes Pause Act II scene 2 22 minutes Interval Act III 35 minutes The live relay will end at approximately 10.30pm LA TRAVIATA OPERA IN THREE ACTS Tweet your thoughts about tonight’s performance before it starts, during the interval or afterwards with #ROHtraviata MUSIC GIUSEPPE VERDI 2015/16 Live Cinema Season LIBRETTO FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE AFTER ALEXANDRE DUMAS FILS’S PLAY LA DAME AUX CAMÉLIAS BORIS GODUNOV MONDAY 21 MARCH 2016 GISELLE WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL 2016 CONDUCTOR YVES ABEL LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR MONDAY 25 APRIL 2016 DIRECTOR RICHARD EYRE FRANKENSTEIN WEDNESDAY 18 MAY 2016 REVIVAL DIRECTOR DANIEL DOONER MONDAY 27 JUNE 2016 WERTHER DESIGNER BOB CROWLEY LIGHTING DESIGNER JEAN KALMAN DIRECTOR OF MOVEMENT JANE GIBSON Saimir Pirgu’s Il Mio Canto is released to coincide ROYAL OPERA CHORUS with his appearance at the Royal Opera House. This CD CHORUS DIRECTOR RENATO BALSADONNA features a selection of arias from operas including La traviata, Werther, Rigoletto and La bohème. ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE CONCERT MASTER VASKO VASSILEV Digital Programme DIRECTED FOR THE SCREEN BY MATT WOODWARD Royal Opera House Digital Programmes bring together a range of specially LIVE FROM THE selected films, articles, pictures and features to bring you closer to the ROYAL OPERA HOUSE production. Use promo code ‘FREETRAV’ to claim yours for free. THURSDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2016, 6.45PM Visit www.roh.org.uk/publications For more information about the Royal Opera House, to watch the extra features from this performance again and to explore our work further, visit www.roh.org.uk/cinema Synopsis Cast Act I A salon in Violetta’s house; August Violetta is a well-known Parisian courtesan. -
Concerto Inaugurale
giovedì 22 novembre ore 20.30 (Fuori abbonamento) Teatro Sociale CONCERTO INAUGURALE Musiche di Gioachino Rossini e Gaetano Donizetti Soprano Jessica Pratt Mezzosoprano Daniela Barcellona Tenore Xabier Anduaga Tenore Levy Sekgapane Tenore Matteo Mezzaro Baritono Riccardo Certi Basso Luca Tittoto Direttore Riccardo Frizza Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI Coro Donizetti Opera Maestro del coro Fabio Tartari Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868) Tancredi, Sinfonia “Oh patria! dolce e ingrata patria!” (Tancredi, Atto I) – Daniela Barcellona Gaetano Donizetti (1797 – 1848) “Je suis joyeux” (Rita) – Xabier Anduaga Gioachino Rossini “O fiamma soave” (La donna del lago, Atto II) – Coro e Levy Sekgapane “Hymeneé, ta journée”, “Pas de Six” (Guillaume Tell, Atto I) - Coro Gaetano Donizetti “Oh giusto cielo!” (Lucia di Lammermoor, Atto III) – Coro e Jessica Pratt *** Gioachino Rossini Semiramide, Sinfonia “Eccomi alfine in Babilonia” (Semiramide, Atto I) – Coro e Daniela Barcellona “Cessa di più resistere” (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Atto II) – Coro e Levy Sekgapane Gaetano Donizetti Don Pasquale, Ouverture “Cercherò lontana terra” (Don Pasquale, Atto I) – Levy Sekgapane La Favorite, Prélude “L’ai-je bien entendu!” (La Favorite, Atto III) – Daniela Barcellona FONDAZIONE TEATRO DONIZETTI – FESTIVAL DONIZETTI OPERA Ufficio stampa Piazza Vecchia 8 – 24129 Bergamo (I) [email protected] Tel. 035.244483 martedì 20 novembre ore 18.00 – Anteprima Under 30 venerdì 23 novembre ore 20.30 (Turno A) domenica 25 novembre ore 15.30 (Turno C) sabato 1 dicembre -
2017 Season Updates
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 JUNE 2017 CONTACT: DANIEL ZILLMANN | DAISY GEOFFREY |[email protected] | 505.986.5908 SANTA FE OPERA ANNOUNCES 2017 SEASON UPDATES DIE FLEDERMAUS JOHANN STRAUSS II NEW PRODUCTION. LAST PERFORMED BY THE COMPANY IN 1992. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR GAETANO DONIZETTI NEW PRODUCTION. LAST PERFORMED BY THE COMPANY IN 2001. THE GOLDEN COCKEREL NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV NEW PRODUCTION. CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE DALLAS OPERA. A COMPANY PREMIERE. THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS MASON BATES, COMPOSER | MARK CAMPBELL, LIBRETTIST A WORLD PREMIERE. COMMISSIONED BY SANTA FE OPERA, SEATTLE OPERA, AND SAN FRANCISCO OPERA WITH SUPPORT FROM CAL PERFORMANCES. CO-PRODUCTION WITH SEATTLE OPERA, SAN FRANCISCO OPERA, AND THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC. ALCINA GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL NEW PRODUCTION. A COMPANY PREMIERE. SANTA FE, NM—Santa Fe Opera announces updates to the company’s 61st season. The world premiere production of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs is now a co-commission with SEATTLE OPERA and SAN FRANCISCO OPERA, with support from CAL PERFORMANCES. It is a co-production with Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, and THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC. San Francisco Opera General Director MATTHEW SHILVOCK said, “This is a profoundly moving new opera that I am excited to bring to Northern California audiences. Steve Jobs was an iconic figure in contemporary life whose genius has impacted the very way in which we engage with the world. But he was also a real person and a member of our community. Mason Bates’ new opera is a deeply layered, moving portrayal of a man grappling with the complex priorities of life, family, and work. -
Staged Treasures
Italian opera. Staged treasures. Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini and Gioacchino Rossini © HNH International Ltd CATALOGUE # COMPOSER TITLE FEATURED ARTISTS FORMAT UPC Naxos Itxaro Mentxaka, Sondra Radvanovsky, Silvia Vázquez, Soprano / 2.110270 Arturo Chacon-Cruz, Plácido Domingo, Tenor / Roberto Accurso, DVD ALFANO, Franco Carmelo Corrado Caruso, Rodney Gilfry, Baritone / Juan Jose 7 47313 52705 2 Cyrano de Bergerac (1875–1954) Navarro Bass-baritone / Javier Franco, Nahuel di Pierro, Miguel Sola, Bass / Valencia Regional Government Choir / NBD0005 Valencian Community Orchestra / Patrick Fournillier Blu-ray 7 30099 00056 7 Silvia Dalla Benetta, Soprano / Maxim Mironov, Gheorghe Vlad, Tenor / Luca Dall’Amico, Zong Shi, Bass / Vittorio Prato, Baritone / 8.660417-18 Bianca e Gernando 2 Discs Marina Viotti, Mar Campo, Mezzo-soprano / Poznan Camerata Bach 7 30099 04177 5 Choir / Virtuosi Brunensis / Antonino Fogliani 8.550605 Favourite Soprano Arias Luba Orgonášová, Soprano / Slovak RSO / Will Humburg Disc 0 730099 560528 Maria Callas, Rina Cavallari, Gina Cigna, Rosa Ponselle, Soprano / Irene Minghini-Cattaneo, Ebe Stignani, Mezzo-soprano / Marion Telva, Contralto / Giovanni Breviario, Paolo Caroli, Mario Filippeschi, Francesco Merli, Tenor / Tancredi Pasero, 8.110325-27 Norma [3 Discs] 3 Discs Ezio Pinza, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Bass / Italian Broadcasting Authority Chorus and Orchestra, Turin / Milan La Scala Chorus and 0 636943 132524 Orchestra / New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / BELLINI, Vincenzo Vittorio -
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ALAIN ALTINOGLU Directeur musical de la Monnaie • Formation Conservatoire national Supérieur de Musique de Paris • Orchestres Wiener Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, Rundfunk- Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Bamberger Symphoniker, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Stockholm Philharmonic, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk, Philharmonia Orchestra London… • Salles lyriques et symphoniques Metropolitan Opera (New York), Chicago Lyric Opera, Wiener Staatsoper & Musikverein, Opernhaus de Zurich, Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin), Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich), Opéra national de Paris, La Monnaie, Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)… Festivals : Salzbourg, Orange, Aix-en-Provence, Bayreuth… • Répertoire Opéras, concerts symphoniques ; comme pianiste, musique de chambre et récitals avec Nora Gubisch • Pour la Monnaie Cendrillon (Massenet) en 2011 ; concerts Bolero (Ravel) & Pelléas et Mélisande (Fauré) en 2013 ; Harold en Italie & Symphonie fantastique (Berlioz) en 2014 ; Grande messe des morts (Berlioz) en 2015 ; Musique française avec Nora Gubisch en 2016 ; Moussorgski / Prokofiev / Stravinsky en 2016 • Opéras récents et futurs Lohengrin (Wagner) à Bayreuth, Salome (Strauss) au Deutsche Oper de Berlin ; Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy) à l’Opernhaus de Zurich ; Iolanta et Casse-Noisette (Tchaïkovski) à l’Opéra de Paris ; Don Giovanni (Mozart) au Salzburger Festspiele ; Pelléas et Mélisande et Salome au Wiener Staatsoper ; Werther (Massenet) -
Destacados De Programación – Abril 2020
Allegro HD – Destacados de programación – abril 2020 Destacados de programación – abril 2020 www.allegrohd.com 1 Allegro HD – Destacados de programación – abril 2020 Destacados de programación Abril 2020 DOCUMENTAL | Mirella Freni: Una vida dedicada a la ópera [In Memoriam], un documental de Marita Stocker – 3 de abril – Pág. 3 CONCIERTO | Serendipia Ensemble – Pequeña tempestad; Concierto en la Catedral de Alcalá de Henares – Estreno 10 de abril – Pág. 5 CONCIERTO | Claudio Abbado dirige la Filarmónica de Berlín - Tributo a Gustav Mahler – Estreno 11 de abril – Pág. 7 CONCIERTO | Maria Callas - Una vida de ópera – Estreno 17 de abril – Pág. 9 CONCIERTO | Semyon Bychkov dirige la Filarmónica de la República Checa – Sinfonía n.º 9, de Gustav Mahler – Estreno 18 de abril – Pág. 11 CONCIERTO | Denis Matsuev desde el Real Concertgebouw de Ámsterdam – Obras de Tchaikovsky, Schumann & Stravinsky – Estreno 19 de abril – Pág. 13 JAZZ | Chucho Valdés en Ucrania – Alfa Jazz Festival – Estreno 24 de abril – Pág. 15 CONCIERTO | Gala desde Berlín 2019 – Filarmónica de Berlín, Diana Damrau & Kirill Petrenko – Estreno 25 de abril – Pág. 17 ÓPERA | Falstaff, ópera en tres actos de Giuseppe Verdi [Ópera Estatal de Hamburgo] – Estreno 26 de abril – Pág. 19 CONCIERTO | Waldbühne 2016: Una noche checa – Filarmónica de Berlín, Lisa Batiashvili & Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Estreno 30 de abril – Pág. 21 www.allegrohd.com 2 Allegro HD – Destacados de programación – abril 2020 Documental | Mirella Freni: Una vida dedicada a la ópera [In Memoriam] Un documental de Marita Stocker 3 de abril 21:00 Argentina/Uruguay | 20:00 Bolivia/Paraguay | 19:00 Colombia/Ecuador Un magnífico documental para descubrir en profundidad a una de las grandes divas de la ópera en el siglo XX, y a la mujer que la contempla. -
Classical New York 2.0 Published on Iitaly.Org (
Classical New York 2.0 Published on iItaly.org (http://www.iitaly.org) Classical New York 2.0 Julian Sachs (November 01, 2010) For our first piece of this season, the ups and downs of the first month of operas at the Met. Plus, what we can look forward to in November. On September 27 the 2010-2011 Metropolitan Opera [2] season began with a new production of Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold. The following night the Teutonic fogs were dispelled by the reprise of last season’s production of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Twenty-one hours later the audience was present for Verdi’s Rigoletto. Less than two weeks went by and a new production of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov premiered, followed five days later by Zeffirelli’s immortal production of Puccini’s La Bohème. Such a contrasting and multi-flavored operatic feast is enough to give any critic indigestion, so what follows is a few glimpses at the ups and downs of these five productions of early 2010. UP: James Levine, the singers, and his orchestra, Das Rheingold. Page 1 of 4 Classical New York 2.0 Published on iItaly.org (http://www.iitaly.org) This season is in his honor, because it marks the 40th anniversary of his Met debut, and 35th from his appointment as Music Director. Under his guide the orchestra always sounds better, and the general improvement in quality over the years has been felt by every assiduous Met-goer, resulting in the Met orchestra becoming arguably the best opera-house orchestra in the world. -
Behind the Curtain
BEHIND THE CURTAIN FALL 2009 Gotham Chamber Opera is the nation’s foremost com- pany dedicated to pro- ducing rarely-performed chamber operas from the Baroque era to the pres- ent. Our mission is to pres- The National Endowment for the Arts With our inaugural newsletter, Gotham Cham- ent innovative, fully-staged recently awarded Gotham Chamber ber Opera intends to keep you – our loyal sup- productions of the highest Opera a $25,000 American Recovery porters and fans – current on the “pre-eminent quality in intimate venues. small opera company in New York” according to and Reinvestment Grant. Gotham was The New York Times. Starting with this semi-an- one of only 17 opera companies in the NEAL GOREN nual dispatch, we will broadcast the company’s ARTISTIC DIRECTOR country to receive this very special rec- news: our exciting upcoming productions; bios ognition, and one of just three in New of the fantastic artists scheduled to perform with York, along with New York City Opera us; reviews of our successes; and other relevant DAVID BENNETT developments. and Opera America. The NEA received MANAGING DIRECTOR While all performing arts companies endure tough stimulus funding under the American challenges these days, Gotham wants you to know Recovery and Reinvestment Act to sup- that our company also enjoys towering achieve- BOARD OF DIRECTORS port job retention in the performing arts ments. Read on to see what ambitious plans are sector. in our future. KAREN LERNER Thank you for your support! PRESIDENT EMERITUS “Because these grants go to support the or- ganizations themselves - rather than specif- ic programs or productions - this is a vote of TED TRUSSELL PORTER real confidence in Gotham as an institution,” PRESIDENT said Managing Director David Bennett.