Opera (2022)
Music by Kevin Puts
Libretto by Greg Pierce
Based on the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham
And on the 2003 film based on the novel
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Metropolitan Opera, New York, Live in HD
December 10, 2022
A superlative production of a very well-written new opera adapted from the novel about Virginia Woolf and two other women in different times and places, brilliantly synthesized into a fascinating amalgam of its different settings. Sung, played, designed and directed with passion and ingenuity.
Little Women: The Broadway Musical
Musical (2001)
Music by Jason Howland
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
Book by Allan Knee
Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
Directed and Choreographed by Ilyse Robbins
Musical Direction by Matthew Stern
A radiant production of a nicely written musical based on the famous book about four sisters from Concord, Massachusetts, set during the Civil War, superbly directed and choreographed.
An Evening Of Jazz And Healing
Concert, Film
Donal Fox, piano
Screening of Jazz Saved My Life about Justin Freed
Maria Schneider Orchestra Quartet
Featuring Gary Versace, piano; Scott Robinson, woodwinds; Jay Anderson, bass; Johnathan Blake, drums
Coolidge Corner Theater
Brookline, MA
December 1, 2022
An evening rich with wonderful jazz and a biographical film about artist and jazz impresario Justin Freed, former owner and concert programmer of the Coolidge Corner Theater, with a special interest in jazz as a healing force.
The Inextinguishable Voice
Concert
Lexington Symphony
Jonathan McPhee, Music Director
Cary Memorial Hall, Lexington, MA
November 19, 2022
A diverse and interesting concert featuring a new exuberant orchestral composition by Ray Angry, member of the hip hop band The Roots.
México Lindo y Querido
Concert
A Far Cry
Musical arrangements by
Alex Fortes
Featuring Estelí Gomez, Soprano
Jordan Hall
Symphony Hall Area, Boston
November 18, 2022
A stupendous concert – lively, inventive, warm, inspiring, fun, and impeccably rendered.