Currently, I’m updating the opera database to include ballets that use the saxophone. As I add new works, I’ll highlight some of my findings. Here’s what I found today. Date: 1935 Le Chevalier Errant, by Jacques Ibert Alto Saxophone Date: 1910 La Fête Chez Thérèse, by Reynaldo Hahn Alto Saxophone Date: 1942 Gayaneh, by AramContinue reading “The Opera Database is expanding to include Ballets”
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Saxophone Solos in Romantic Operas and Ballets, videos for 3/6/2021 presentation
Hamlet (1868)- Ambroise Thomas The Metropolitan Opera, 2010 Sylvia (1876)- Léo Delibes Opéra National de Paris, 2005 Hérodiade (1881)- Jules Massenet Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), 1984 Werther (1892)- Jules Massenet Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna), 2015 Turandot (1926)- Giacomo Puccini Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, 2015 Teatro Communale Firenze (Florence, Italy) at the Forbidden City of Beijing,Continue reading “Saxophone Solos in Romantic Operas and Ballets, videos for 3/6/2021 presentation”
Blackface in Opera, why is that still a thing? Part 1…
As I’m watching the Met’s 1985 production of Aida,, I start to ask myself the question I never want to ask: Is that blackface?
Porgy and Bess, the movie (1959)
Watch the movie the Gershwin’s don’t want you to see.
Porgy and Bess: Streaming 2/1-2/2 at Met on Demand
Tonight, Met on Demand is streaming their 2020 performance of Porgy and Bess. This is the second time Metropolitan Opera staged the work, first in 1985 then this 2019-2020 production. Eric Owens and Angel Blue lead this production as Porgy and Bess. You can watch it here, starting at 7:30 on February 1st, 2021. ItContinue reading “Porgy and Bess: Streaming 2/1-2/2 at Met on Demand”
the Operatic Saxophone 