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The Herald News Newport, RI – The Newport Music Festival announces the complete seventeen-concert schedule for its 53rd season, from July 4 to 20. All concerts will be held outdoors at historic mansions and venues in Newport, Rhode Island including The Breakers, Bellevue House, Castle Hill Inn, The Chanler at Cliff Walk, King Park, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, Norman Bird Sanctuary, and Rough Point. This is the first festival programmed by new Executive Director Gillian Friedman Fox, who came to Newport in January from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra where she was Director of Contemporary and SOLUNA Programs. Fox says, “Our programming for 2021 celebrates the diversity of expression and artistic interpretation within classical music. This season represents a significant inflection point for the Newport Music Festival as we embrace the genre of classical music as a living artform and invite audiences of all backgrounds to experience the magic of cha ....
Newport Music Festival announces summer 2021 schedule The season launches July 4 with a slate of 17 performances from GRAMMY-nominated artists in classical music By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated April 15, 2021, 3:26 p.m. Email to a Friend Gillian Friedman Fox, the new executive director of the Newport Music Festival announced the 17 outdoor concerts for the Festival s 53rd season, and her debut.Nathan Lutz NEWPORT, R.I. â In her season debut as the iconic Newport Music Festivalâs new executive director, Gillian Friedman Fox announced the festivalâs 53rd schedule of rich, genre-defying shows across 17 outdoor concerts in July. Opening night, on July 4, will feature GRAMMY-nominated, Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry in a program celebrating a diverse array of voices in classical music, with works from Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George; Jessie Montgomery; Arvo Pärt; and Teresa Carreño. ....
Esther Nelson announces her finale as Boston Lyric Opera director By A.Z. Madonna Globe Staff,Updated March 10, 2021, 1:56 p.m. Email to a Friend Esther Nelson, photographed at her Brookline home in 2019, led the company through a period of innovation and growth after an exit from its longtime home at the Shubert Theatre.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff/file Esther Nelson will step down from her position as general and artistic director of Boston Lyric Opera at the end of this season, the company announced Wednesday. Over 12 years, she led the company through a period of evolution and growth, marked by the establishment of new programs and community partnerships as well as its 2015 exit from the Shubert Theatre with hopes of finding a more suitable stage â a search that is ongoing. ....
BLOâs âUsherâ embeds Edgar Allan Poeâs gothic horror story within a contemporary nightmare By Jeremy Eichler Globe Staff,Updated February 4, 2021, 2:00 p.m. Email to a Friend Philip Glass s opera is reimagined for the screen as a dark, dream-washed fantasia.operabox.tv/Boston Lyric Opera When the pandemic hit, rather than just closing up shop for the season or creating a pale digital imitation of its traditional offerings, Boston Lyric Opera approached the disruption as an opportunity to throw out older scripts. Theaters are closed (and BLO didnât have a permanent venue anyway) â why not build an opera truck to take the music where it wants to go? Check. Canât gather for live performance at a time when weâre all living on screens â how about taking a previously scheduled opera and producing it as a streamable arthouse film? Check. Overall, in its creativity and resilience at a time of crisis, BLO has been setting the ba ....
Boston Lyric Opera drops a fully animated âFall of the House of Usherâ production By A.Z. Madonna Globe Staff,Updated January 27, 2021, 12:00 p.m. Email to a Friend A scene from Boston Lyric Opera s The Fall of the House of Usher. operabox.tv/Boston Lyric Opera Almost as soon as Boston Lyric Opera announced its 2020-21 season last spring, its future was put on hold with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent cancellation of live events. The crisis was still fresh when company leadership resolved not to scuttle plans entirely. The show would go on in some way, shape, or form, which it has to an extent via the companyâs roving Opera Truck and online recitals. ....