Sean’s Reviews
Verdi’s A Masked Ball, now at San Francisco Opera through October 22, is a scary enterprise. The production, last seen in 2006, is looking stale and funky and the stodgy staging by Jose Maria Condemi and silly bits of choreography by Lawrence Pech beyond rescue…. [Click here to read my complete review on Examiner.com] Click […]
Just when I thought I could answer any trivia question on the 1939 production of Gone with the Wind, comes a treasure of new material in Steve Wilson’s book, The Making of Gone with the Wind. It is the companion piece to an exhibit now at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas […]
“I won the Metropolitan Opera Competition in 2003. From the time I won it to the time I came back as a principal artist was ten years. This is rarely easy for anybody….” Click here to read the full interview on HuffingtonPost.com
“I’ve wanted to record these two concerti for a very long time,” said Stewart. “I created the opportunity – there was no label assigned to it. It all started with an e-mail…. [Click here to read the full article on HuffingtonPost.com]
“The scary thing about Stanley,” says Tom, “is not that he hits Stella all the time, but that you never know when he’s going to hit her. You never know what’s going to set him off.” “This is opera,” says Julie. “There are going to be some differences from the movie. This is Previn’s idea, […]
“Myles Thatcher’s skills and growing reputation as a promising choreographer have been recognized and honored by the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. Last month, Myles was awarded a grant and the opportunity to mentor with world renowned choreographer Alexei Ratmansky during the 2014-15 cycle…. ” [Click here to see my complete interview with Myles […]
“The Four Horsemen made him a star,” she said. “It’s his combination of hard and soft along with the androgynous…. ” [Click here to see the full interview on Examiner.com]
“My voice is a perfect instrument,” he said. “I can be as lyric as a tenor….” [Click here to read the full interview on HuffingtonPost.com]
Pianist Jeffrey Biegel’s latest CD, Life According To Chopin: Chopin’s Greatest Piano Solos may be the first tell-all recording…. [Click here to read my full interview with Jeffrey Biegel on HuffingtonPost.com]
“I hope the ethnicity of the score will stand out. The orchestral score is about two thousand pages….” [Click here to see the complete interview on HuffingtonPost.com]