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by Robert LeeperLast Tuesday night, fresh from curating and performing in his own festival, A Scream and An Outrage, Brooklyn-based composer Nico Muhly returned to New York for two shows at (le) Poisson Rouge. The evening consisted of a broad range of works based loosely around a preview of his upcoming opera, Two Boys, premiering at the Metropolitan Opera in October.    With a libretto by celebrated American playwright Craig Lucas, Two Boys examines issues associated with the darker corners of the Internet and online chat rooms. The production is an important part of Met General Manager Peter Gelb’s larger effort to bring opera to a younger demographic, and the nature of the issues explored firmly drags opera into ...

LSO Futures celebrates composers at the cutting edge of music today through a week of events at the Barbican

LSO Futures and LSO St Luke’s including two concerts curated by François-Xavier Roth. The LSO has been nurturing the talent of young composers for several years through its Panufnik Young Composers Scheme (set up in memory of composer Andrzej Panufnik), the UBS Sound Adventures Scheme ...

Honestly, this isn't a new trick. Several orchestras are already doing this. Other orchestras could learn to leverage this technique to build new audiences via social media

Both Facebook and Twitter are about engagement. However, what most orchestras currently do with their social media is to talk 'at' their audience and not with them. By changing the way they post and tweet, by devoting a bit more time for their social media campaigns, orchestras could find a wealth of new patrons for their concert halls. They will certainly expand their existing fan base. The key to this technique is re-posting/sharing what classical music fans are already posting.

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No, it is not a B-movie title. On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Opera Moderne returns to Bohemian Hall to present Viktor Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis. Produced by the company last year (we wrote about it here), this haunting opera, created in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during the Second World War, received rave reviews for its all too short run. The run is still too short, but catch this gripping and historically significant piece if you can.

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Opera Moderne, in collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum and the Czech Center, presents a new production of  

Der Kaiser von Atlantis

Music by Viktor Ullmann

Libretto by Peter Kien

Friday February 1 at 8pm

Saturday, February 2 at 8pm

Sunday ...

It was just a house. But it had been our home. Countless dramas had unfolded within its walls, secrets had been shared, stolen, and kept. Father had died in it a few years earlier and my brother Kevin and I had put the place up for sale. It had changed hands and I had figured that was that. But, in February 2010, I was for twelve hours in Milwaukee to appear on Tom Strini's new public television show. I had a few hours to fill, so I drove out to my childhood home for one final look.I reached the loop at the end of the cul-de-sac and stopped the rental car a few houses away. I did not intend to knock on the door. I thought maybe I would walk around the lot, peer into a window or two, and then go. Two large German Shepherds barked wildly. A ...

Episode two of Daron Hagen's discussion of the Process and development of the opera A Woman in Morocco.

Alisa Weilerstein joined Pacific Symphony for Dvorak's Cello Concerto and stunned the audience

I love going to see a wide variety of classical concerts particularly when I get to see artists like Alisa in a variety of settings, playing a variety of pieces and watch their growth as an artist. It was my pleasure to see Alisa Weilerstein several years ago performing with the Philadelphia Orchestra ...