Opera (1853)
by Giuseppi Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Boston Lyric Opera
Boston, MA
October 10 – 19, 2014
An intimate, passionate and beautifully rendered account of the great heartbreaker about a noble courtesan and her ill-fated love affair.
Le Nozze di Figaro
Opera (1786)
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Conductor: James Levine
Production: Sir Richard Eyre
Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY
Live in HD
A superbly acted and sung version of the Mozart masterpiece conducted by the great, resurgent, James Levine.
King Lear
Play (1606)
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Globe
ArtsEmerson
Paramount Theatre
Boston, MA
October 15-23, 2014
A lively and ultimately poignant take on the great tragedy about a deluded and befuddled monarch who finally comes to realize the truth about love and devotion.
Up, And Coming, and Interview: Duo Amal
Interview
with Yaron Kohlberg and
Bishara Haroni
of Duo Amal
Concert: Up, and Coming
Gessner-Schocken Concert Series
The Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
October 19 at 8 p.m.
Tickets required. Visit www.longy.edu
An interview with the two thirtyish members of Duo Amal, concert pianists, artistic collaborators, close friends, one Israeli and one Palestinian.
Up, and Coming:
Art Song On The Couch:
The Lied In Freud’s Vienna
Concert
Songs by Wolf, Mahler, Schoenberg, Strauss, and others.
New York Festival of Song
Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, Artistic Directors
Calderwood Hall
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Sunday, November 9, 2014, 1:30 PM
An exploration of Romantic-era art songs from a psychological perspective, brought to Boston by the pianistic and vocal masters of The New York Festival of Song.