Olivia Giovetti appears in the following:
Beyond 'The Planets,' a Host of Musical Identities in Holst
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Gustav Holst may be best-known for his orchestral suite The Planets but he has a host of operas to his name written over the course of his life. Blogger Olivia Giovetti considers the merits of two standouts.
The Natural and Supernatural Collide in John Luther Adams's Songbirdsongs
Monday, May 07, 2012
Opera's Youth in Revolt
Monday, May 07, 2012
"The problems of opera in the 21st Century have nothing to do with age and everything to do with maturity," writes Olivia Giovetti, who considers a production called The Armida Project.
New Music from John Luther Adams, Cornelius Dufallo and Wolfgang Rihm
Monday, May 07, 2012
This week on The New Canon, we spin our Album of the Week, John Luther Adams's Songbirdsongs, in its entirety, along with newly minted material from Rihm, Dufallo and more.
Reanimating 'Butterfly'
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Olivia Giovetti looks at the connection between opera and the world of anime and manga, in light of a new production of Madama Butterfly that fuses both.
The Sun Yat-Sen Also Rises
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Olivia Giovetti puts the political controversies aside to examine the musical value of Huang Ruo's controversial opera, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen.
Chorally Fixated on Arvo Pärt and Eric Whitacre
Monday, April 30, 2012
This week, the New Canon gets vocal with new choral works by Eric Whitacre and Bob Chilcott, plus a stunning menagerie of pieces by Arvo Pärt via our Album of the Week.
Downtown, Wotan Gets Ready to Rumble
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Performance Lab 115's take on Wagner's Ring Cycle transfers the 16-hour music drama to an '80s wrestling ring. Blogger Olivia Giovetti gives her review.
The Secret Chords that Arvo Pärt Plays to Please Someone (if Not the Lord)
Friday, April 27, 2012
With a relationship that extends beyond artistic collaboration and goes firmly into friendship, each Paul Hillier and Arvo Pärt recording is a reason to let out a praise-worthy “hallelujah,” even if such ebullient exclamations are anathema to Pärt’s Baltic brand of introspectively limned melodic lines.
The Greatest Opera You've Never Seen
Thursday, April 26, 2012
We all love to talk about the operas that we have seen, but Olivia Giovetti believes it's more fun to talk about the operas we haven't seen. Share your confessions of oversights here!
What Becomes a Legend Most?
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
In light of two new works based on Renaissance texts, blogger Olivia Giovetti wonders how much distance between event and art makes for an effective, historically-based opera.
The More-than-Bearable Heaviness of Ethel
Monday, April 23, 2012
Ethel last went into the studio for its 2006 Light, and while the fearless foursome has since been heard on discs like Oshtali, a collection of new works by Chickasaw student composers, it took them six years to return with their next solo album, the complementary Heavy.
Ethel on Earth
Monday, April 23, 2012
Die Another Day
Thursday, April 19, 2012
In composer Jacob Cooper's Commencer une Autre Mort which, shown on Wednesday at the MATA Festival, an iconic death scene in Bizet's Carmen is transformed. Blogger Olivia Giovetti gives her review.
New York City Opera to Travel to BAM, City Center in 2013
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
After a dire financial crisis and a season roving the city's boroughs, New York City Opera will set down roots for its 2012-13 season, presenting two productions at City Center in midtown Manhattan.
Young Adult Fiction Goes Dystopian, Opera Follows Suit
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The End of Evan Ziporyn's 'Big Grenadilla/Mumbai' is Its Beginning
Monday, April 16, 2012
Evan Ziporyn’s newest album on Cantaloupe pairs two concertos for unconventional solo instruments -- bass clarinet and tabla -- which is "akin to a mental yoga exercise, finding balance in extremes."
Ziporyn it Up
Monday, April 16, 2012
Review: Gotham Chamber Opera's Winning Pajama Game
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Mozart's Scipio’s Dream opened Wednesday night in a 10th anniversary production by Gotham Chamber Opera. Blogger Olivia Giovetti says it "retains its vitality."
Operavore Exclusive: Meet 2012 Richard Tucker Award Winner Ailyn Pérez
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Soprano Ailyn Pérez is the 2012 Richard Tucker Award winner. Olivia Giovetti talks to the daughter of factory workers about being the first Hispanic singer to receive the honor.