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Classicalite Q&A with Andrea Bocelli
Wagner had Bayreuth in northern Bavaria. Years later, Pierre Boulez would get his IRCAM under the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. And on Thursday, July 27, 2006, on the outskirts of a frazione in the province of Pisa, finally, a lawyer-cum-tenor from nearby Lajatico christened his own grand edificio d'arte: Andrea Bocelli's Teatro del Silenzio. -
Roomful of Teeth, Constella Festival Team Up for First-Ever Music Video
With Ward Swingle gone from the SATB earth and Tim Hauser transferring no more 'cross Manhattan, the timing couldn't be any more right for Roomful of Teeth to become our starriest vocal band. Fresh off one of the most exciting drones at the Met's Temple of Dendur since, well, Interpol's record release party, the GRAMMY Award-winning ensemble (Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance) with that youngest-ever Pulitzer recipient (Caroline Shaw) on one of the best labels in the new music biz (New Amsterdam) hasn't yet made a music vid proper. Until now, of course. -
Watch Cameron Carpenter Play "Alfie" on His International Touring Organ
The Nigel Kennedy of the King's Instrument, Cameron Carpenter (born Taylor Cameron Carpenter) has taken that violinist's charge to another level, indeed, with his International Touring Organ--ITO, for short. "I want the American Classic cathedral organ to combine with its counterpart, the cinema organ, in a single instrument," Mr. Carpenter says. -
CLICK: Gelb's Met House Graffiti Vandal, NEA Names Four New Jazz Masters, $45 Million Strad Viola Doesn't Sell
We're not saying that Peter Gelb is the Banksy of Lincoln Center, but it certainly couldn't hurt his recent problems at the Met lately. -
LINK: Purple Haze with Cellists Emil and Dariel, Lady Gaga Marries Tony Bennett?, Pearl Jam Covers Let It Go!
America's Got Talent indeed with brothers Emil and Dariel who play Jimi Hendrix...taught by their Russian grandfather. -
BRIEFS: Disney Changes Into the Woods, Glenn Dicterow's Last Gig, Gertrude Stein Opera, Ken Lam Wins Charleston, Crowdsurfing Handel
"Expect a less horny Wolf, the cutting of a centerpiece song, and no dead Rapunzel as Stephen Sondheim reveals changes to Disney’s big-screen version of his musical." [Daily Beast] -
CLICKS: AGT's Bikini Opera, Horace Silver RIP, 10 Make Music New Yorks, Dafoe & Baryshnikov @ BAM, Nick Zinner's 41 Strings
Opera singer (i.e. personal trainer) Maggie Lane strips down to sing in a sexy red bikini on America's Got Talent. The always sage Howard Stern said he wished she would’ve left her clothes on...so he could have focused more on her singing skills. -
BRIEFS: Streep is Callas, Adams to Gelb, Hartford's Digital Wagner, MC5 Jazz?, Opera Cabal’s Sideboob Tape!
Here's hoping Meryl Streep does Maria Callas better than Tyne Daly did Maria Callas in a new film version of Terrence McNally’s play 'Master Class' for HBO. -
LINKS: Norgard Wins $200K, Ornette Coleman Trib, Broadway's Vegas Honeymoon, Bounden Dance, Saving Sound
The New York Philharmonic's Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music is presented every two years, Per Nørgård being the second recipient after the late French composer Henri Dutilleux. -
Classicalite Q&A with Composer Trevor Gureckis on 'Potential Energies' Ballet Premiere at BAM
In advance of the movement, Classicalite spoke with Gureckis--the composer behind it all. And as you can read below, he had a lot to say about collaboration, costumes and the role of any composer at large. -
CLICK: Nelson Mandela Opera Over, Iggy Azalea Fancy Flapper, Jeff Goldblum's Jazz, Cabal & ACME, Moondog Begging
Unathi Mtirara, the producer of "Madiba: The African Opera' and grandnephew of Mandela, admitted that the show had run out of money after only three performances. -
LINK: US Airways Hates Time for Three, Lang Lang Fragrance, John L. Adams's Mets, Owen Pallett Q&A, Potential Energies Ballet
"U.S. Airways is not letting us put our violins on an airplane," said Time for Three violinist Nicolas Kendall (far right) in a new video, standing next to the plane. "How many artists have to deal with this shit?" -
LINKS: Bachelorette Tenor, Callas Biopic, Gramophone Hall of Fame, Modern Dance, Pauline Oliveros Kickstarter
Bradley Wisk, a 32-year-old "poperatic tenor" that was a student of Giorgio Tozzi at Indiana University in Bloomington, is among the first 25 dudes looking to get a rose from bachelorette Andi Dorfman. -
Watch Yanni's "Riconoscimento" from 'Inspirato,' Featuring Plácido Domingo and Plácido Domingo, Jr.
If you're still counting, Inspirato is celebrated Greek composer Yanni's seventeenth studio album, released last month on Sony Masterworks. -
LINKS: Anna Netrebko for Austrian Air, Miles Davis Way, Frozen Once Upon a Time, Strad Money, Dancing with Boston Stars
Watch the world's favorite soprano shill for Austria's second-rate airline. Then, watch a behind-the-scenes look at the world's most favored soprano shilling for a second-rate Austrian airline.
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