Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels Win the Pulitzer Prize for Music Posted by By Joshua Barone May 8, 2023Posted inAbels, Michael (Composer), Giddens, Rhiannon, Music, Omar (Opera), Opera, Pulitzer Prizes Giddens said that the success of their opera “Omar” proves that “nobody has the lock on being a composer.”
Best Classical Music Performances of 2022 Posted by By Zachary Woolfe and Joshua Barone December 1, 2022Posted inAbels, Michael (Composer), Adams, John (1947- ), Ades, Thomas, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Bavarian State Opera, Bayreuth Wagner Festival, Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin State Opera, bestofculture2022, Carnegie Hall, Classical Music, Cleveland Orchestra, Davidsen, Lise, Dean, Brett, Devieilhe, Sabine, Jocelyn, Matthew, Komische Oper Berlin, Kosky, Barrie (1967- ), Levit, Igor, Lim, Yunchan, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, Music, New York Philharmonic, Opera, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Padmore, Mark, Pappano, Antonio, Park Avenue Armory (Manhattan, NY), Pelly, Laurent, Petersen, Marlis, Pichon, Raphael, Salzburg Festival, Schwarz, Valentin (Stage Director), Spoleto Festival USA, Two Thousand Twenty Two, Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition The concert world, seemingly back to normal, saw Ukrainian musicians banding together, a new “Ring” at Bayreuth, and the opening of the revamped David Geffen Hall.
Rhiannon Giddens’s ‘Omar’ Premieres at the Spoleto Festival Posted by By Joshua Barone May 30, 2022Posted inAbels, Michael (Composer), Charleston (SC), Giddens, Rhiannon, La Boheme (Opera), Music, Omar (Opera), Opera, Schaal, Kaneza (1985- ), Sharon, Yuval (1979- ), Sulayman, Karim, Unholy Wars (Opera) Three productions, including the premiere of Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’s “Omar,” distort time in approachable yet provocative ways.