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The Great Gatsby Is Back On Stage As Well
The Great Gatsby, novel to film to opera
The newest film adaptation of The Great Gatsby was not alone in its opening last week. John Harbison’s opera of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel was revived in Boston.
Michaella Cipriani on From the Top
Michaella Cipriani sings with the New Albany Symphony, conducted by Luis Biava
Westerville’s Michaella Cipriani on NPRs From the Top, broadcast Sunday May 19 at 7 PM on Classical 101.
Jonas Kaufmann’s Wonderful New CD
Buy this!
Run, do not walk, to add this CD to your collection. Jonas Kaufmann singing Wagner with, whaddaya know?, a beautiful voice.
Tannhauser Withdrawn
Tannhauser as performed last week in Germany
Wagner’s opera Tannhauser, premiered in 1848-has been updated to the Third Reich in a new staging in Germany. Public protests have caused a cancellation.
Columbus Symphony Presents Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Get to know the Violin Concerto by Alban Berg, being performed this weekend by the Columbus Symphony and Vadim Gluzman, conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni
100 Men and A Girl: The Girl Has Died
Deanna Durbin. Just try to upstage her!
Deanna Durbin (1922-2013) was a movie star whose popularity once surpassed Clark Gable’s. She died this week at 91.
Opera Columbus, King Avenue UMC Highlight Great Arts Weekend
Opera Columbus' performances of Mozart's The Magic Flute this weekend was high quality.
Four great performances in two days over several different Columbus venues, and I missed a few.
Columbus Becomes Mozart’s Home Town
Mozart this Sunday
This weekend, Opera Columbus presents Canada’s Opera Atelier in Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Southern Theatre, and you can hear Mozart’s Requiem at King Avenue United Methodist Church.
Columbus’ Weekend of World Premieres
ProMusica Chamber Orchestra Conductor and Founding Music Director, Timothy Russell, takes his final bow Sunday night at the Southern Theatre after 34 amazing years.
Cow Town rules the arts again. Columbus saw two world premieres by world-class composers this past weekend, both written expressly for local ensembles.
