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Heartbeat Opera Festival to Feature New Dan Schlosberg ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ Score

The Heartbeat Opera has announced the return of its annual Spring Festival slated for mid-March. The ten-day event will feature a new 90-minute adaptation of three act tragedy of Gaetano Donizetti's 'Lucia di Lammermoor' with a new arrangement of the score by Invisible Anatomy's Dan Schlosberg along with Henry Purcell's 'Dido' and Aeneas' and new series COLLABORET.
By Shane Jordan

  • Metropolitan Opera's James Levine Could Conduct for More Seasons With Adjusted Medications

    Old age and the onset of a degenerative illness haven't slowed down long-time Metropolitan Opera conductor James Levine, whose battle with Parkinson's Disease may have forced him into retirement. Per the prognosis of Levine's neurologist, his symptoms could be alleviated with a simple change in dosage of his medication.
    By Ian Holubiak

  • REVIEW: Leon Botstein's The Orchestra Now All Thumbs-Up, in 'Beethoven's Likes' at Carnegie

    The Orchestra Now (TON) is simple in its message and delivery: bringing orchestral music to new ears. These ears, though, are of a more youthful generation, or at least that was the demographic of Friday night's performance at Carnegie Hall, January 29. Real classical--heavy in its presence, unyielding in its impact--is what provides the foundation for music with substance. Apropos, Leon Botstein led a pitch-perfect program of Cherubini curio and Beethoven warhorse, buttressed by premieres of Ferdinand Ries and one Anton Reicha.
    By Ian Holubiak