Hitting a High Note
Posted: May 15, 1991 - 4:29:57 PM in: archives
(first published in The Cincinnati Post May 15, 1991)
World-class.
That is how one New York critic described the March 15 performance of the May Festival Chorus in Carnegie Hall.
The chorus won critical acclaim from New York City's hardened audience with Mendelssohn's "Elijah." Accompanied by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jesus Lopez-Cobos, the chorus performed in a sold-out 100th birthday celebration for Carnegie Hall. - [Read more]
World-class.
That is how one New York critic described the March 15 performance of the May Festival Chorus in Carnegie Hall.
The chorus won critical acclaim from New York City's hardened audience with Mendelssohn's "Elijah." Accompanied by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jesus Lopez-Cobos, the chorus performed in a sold-out 100th birthday celebration for Carnegie Hall. - [Read more]
Voices of "Elijah" Ready for Carnegie
Posted: Mar 9, 1991 - 3:41:55 PM in: archives
(first published in The Cincinnati Post March 9, 1991)
Get your tickets for the May Festival now.
Judging from Friday night's performance of Mendelssohn's "Elijah" with the Cincinnati Symphony conducted by Jesus Lopez-Cobos, you'll want to hear the May Festival Chorus this year.
Under chorus director Robert Porco, the 175 singers have blossomed into a formidable ensemble. Sharing the Music Hall stage with the CSO and a quartet of top vocal artists, they gave a stunning performance in "Elijah."
- [Read more]
Get your tickets for the May Festival now.
Judging from Friday night's performance of Mendelssohn's "Elijah" with the Cincinnati Symphony conducted by Jesus Lopez-Cobos, you'll want to hear the May Festival Chorus this year.
Under chorus director Robert Porco, the 175 singers have blossomed into a formidable ensemble. Sharing the Music Hall stage with the CSO and a quartet of top vocal artists, they gave a stunning performance in "Elijah."
- [Read more]
The Hall of Fame
Posted: Mar 9, 1991 - 3:35:19 PM in: archives
(first published in The Cincinnati Post March 9, 1991)
Fifty-seventh Street and Seventh Avenue.
That's not just any address. It's Carnegie Hall in New York City, and its very name conjures up a procession of musical immortals.
Stokowski, Toscanini, Horowitz, Rubenstein - just everybody has performed there. Popular artists, too: Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, even the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. All have etched their sounds into the walls of Andrew Carnegie's musical shrine.
- [Read more]
Fifty-seventh Street and Seventh Avenue.
That's not just any address. It's Carnegie Hall in New York City, and its very name conjures up a procession of musical immortals.
Stokowski, Toscanini, Horowitz, Rubenstein - just everybody has performed there. Popular artists, too: Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, even the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. All have etched their sounds into the walls of Andrew Carnegie's musical shrine.
- [Read more]
Opera Stars of "Faust" Marry Careers, Private Life
Posted: Jul 12, 1990 - 2:24:49 PM in: archives
(first published in The Cincinnati Post July 12, 1990)
When bass James Morris reads mezzo-soprano Susan Quittmeyer's palm in the Cincinnati Opera's "Faust," he'll be scanning a familiar hand.
He and Ms. Quittmeyer, who sing Mephistopheles and Siebel respectively in the Gounod classic, are husband and wife, and they like nothing better than singing together - as they will on the Music Hall stage tonight and Saturday. - [Read more]
When bass James Morris reads mezzo-soprano Susan Quittmeyer's palm in the Cincinnati Opera's "Faust," he'll be scanning a familiar hand.
He and Ms. Quittmeyer, who sing Mephistopheles and Siebel respectively in the Gounod classic, are husband and wife, and they like nothing better than singing together - as they will on the Music Hall stage tonight and Saturday. - [Read more]
Pop Goes the Opera: Artists Find Niche in Today's Culture
Posted: Jun 20, 1990 - 2:32:55 PM in: archives
(first published in The Cincinnati Post June 20, 1990)
Meet Justino Diaz, opera singer, movie star.
Or rather, operatic movie star.
"There aren't too many of those, are there?" joked Diaz between rehearsals for the Cincinnati Opera's "Aida," opening Thursday at Music Hall (he sings the Ethiopian king Amonasro). - [Read more]
Meet Justino Diaz, opera singer, movie star.
Or rather, operatic movie star.
"There aren't too many of those, are there?" joked Diaz between rehearsals for the Cincinnati Opera's "Aida," opening Thursday at Music Hall (he sings the Ethiopian king Amonasro). - [Read more]
Opera Comics
Posted: Jun 14, 1990 - 7:18:03 PM in: archives
(first published in The Cincinnati Post
June 14, 1990)
KRAAK! GRONNK! Here comes DC Comics' "The Ring of the Nibelung."
Holy fat lady, Batman! Is nothing sacred? Comic books of "The Ring," opera's holy of holies?
America's love affair with comics has influenced a batch of movies and television shows of late, from Dick Tracy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to The Simpsons. But opera?
Yes, and it's not such a bad linkage, either. - [Read more]
KRAAK! GRONNK! Here comes DC Comics' "The Ring of the Nibelung."
Holy fat lady, Batman! Is nothing sacred? Comic books of "The Ring," opera's holy of holies?
America's love affair with comics has influenced a batch of movies and television shows of late, from Dick Tracy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to The Simpsons. But opera?
Yes, and it's not such a bad linkage, either. - [Read more]
