Tag: Avery Fisher Hall
'David Geffen Gifts $100M to Lincoln Center for Avery Fisher Hall Name Change
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'Alan Gilbert, 8 Season New York Philharmonic Music Director, Plans to Step Down in 2017
In a most surprising move, New York Philharmonic's 8 season music director, Alan Gilbert, will step down from his post in 2017, which means they will begin an intense search for the successor to the high ensemble. -
''Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín' Tells Story of Holocaust Prisoners, Stars Bebe Neuwirth and John Rubinstein
A live performance of “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín,” which displays performances of Verdi’s "Requiem" put on by concentration camp prisoners during World War II, will be shown at Lincoln Center. The performance will feature Bebe Neuwirth and John Rubinstein. Defiant Requiem tells the story of 16 performances put on by prisoners at the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II amid starvation, abuse and death. With only one smuggled score, they performed the famed masterpiece 16 times. This story will be commemorated at Avery Fisher Hall, which includes a concert/drama featuring a live performance of Verdi’s "Requiem" interspersed with historic film, testimony from survivors and narration that tells the tale of these courageous men and woman. In addition to Neuwirth and Rubeinstein, soloists soprano Jennifer Check, mezzo-soprano Ann McMahon Quintero, tenor Steven Tharp and bass Wilhelm Schwinghammer will be featured, as well as The Orchestra of Terezín Remembrance and The Collegiate Chorale.
