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Salonen and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Conclude Carnegie with Mahler and ...
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen concludes the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra's Carnegie Hall series with Mahler and Sibelius on June 6th. Tickets from $27.50. Violinist Christian Tetzlaff plays the Sibelius Violin Concerto and mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter sings Mahler's wrenching Kindertotenlieder. The Sibelius Symphony No. 7 and Mahler's Blumine ...
Susan Graham Joins Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at Carnegie for Mahler
Opera superstars Susan Grahm and Matthew Polenzani join conductor superstar Esa-Pekka Salonen and New York's renowned Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for Mahler on May 31st. Tickets from $27.50. The composer's dramatic First Symphony sources his own song work and those of other important 18th and 19th century ...
Salonen Conducts Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at Carnegie in Mahler and ...
Conductor superstar Esa-Pekka Salonen leads New York's renowned Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in Mahler and Shumann on June 3rd. Tickets from $27.50. Tenor Stuart Skelton, who opened the Met's season this year, is joined by mezzo Karen Cargill for Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. Schumann's triumphant ...
Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit Spring Show Opens This Weekend
ZEALnyc, May 24, 2017
The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit commences its 2017 shows this Memorial Day Weekend and the following weekend. The event showcases fine artists and craft artisans from around the New York metropolitan area, the nation and the ...
The ‘Daly Show’ is Coming to Vermont as Tim and Tyne Appear Together Onstage
By Helaine Feldman, Contributing Writer, May 24, 2017
“Tim Daly is my favorite actor. Tim Daly is my favorite brother. Not necessarily in that order.” Those are the words of Tony Award winner (Gypsy, 1990) and multiple Emmy recipient Tyne Daly ...
Shakespeare in the Park: A ‘How To Get Tickets’ Primer
ZEALnyc, May 23, 2017
The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park is one of the best theater deals in town. Any town. You can’t beat seeing remarkable performances from people like James Earl Jones, Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway, or ...
Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit Spring Show Opens This Weekend
ZEALnyc, May 24, 2017 The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit commences its 2017 shows this Memorial Day Weekend and the following weekend. The event showcases fine artists and craft artisans from around the New York metropolitan area, the nation and the world. Attendees come from all over and ...
The 'Daly Show' is Coming to Vermont as Tim and ...
By Helaine Feldman, Contributing Writer, May 24, 2017 “Tim Daly is my favorite actor. Tim Daly is my favorite brother. Not necessarily in that order.” Those are the words of Tony Award winner (Gypsy, 1990) and multiple Emmy recipient Tyne Daly speaking of her younger brother Tim Daly, ...
Shakespeare in the Park: A 'How To Get Tickets' Primer
ZEALnyc, May 23, 2017 The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park is one of the best theater deals in town. Any town. You can’t beat seeing remarkable performances from people like James Earl Jones, Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway, or Liev ...
Jazz Notes: Virtuoso Violinist Regina Carter Brings Positive Vibes to ...
By Dan Ouellette, Senior Editor ZEALnyc, May 22, 2017 Last month, virtuoso violinist Regina Carter released her tenth album, Ella: Accentuate the Positive, on SonyMusic Masterwork’s imprint OKeh. It’s not only a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald’s in the centennial of her birth, but it’...
Review: 'The Whirligig' Spins, Aided By a 'Strong Ensemble Cast'
By Dan Bacalzo, Contributing Writer, May 22, 2017 The difference between tragedy and comedy, according to a character in Hamish Linklater’s The Whirligig, is that “In Tragedy the force that drives the hero to his fully mature realization of Self is Death. While in Comedy? That ...
Review: Perahia Brings His 'Colossal Artistry' to Carnegie Hall With ...
By Joshua Rosenblum, Contributing Writer, May 22, 2017 The celebrated pianist Murray Perahia was the first North American to win the prestigious Leeds Competition in 1972 when he was 25. Since then, he has accumulated numerous other accolades, a large discography, and a worshipful following. Though he has been ...
Art Break: Calder and Miró Are the Focus at Pace ...
By A. E. Colas, Contributing Writer, May 22, 2017 This week Art Break is all about classic examples of art (not classical art, that’s something else entirely). Every entry is the gold standard of its movement or an artist’s output and seeing them is key ...
Review: 'A Doll's House, Part 2'—Nora's Back and Better ...
By Jil Picariello, Theater Editor, May 19, 2017 It still ends with a closing door, but this time, as is appropriate to the difference between a child and an adult, it isn’t slammed, but closed ruefully, hopefully, and perhaps a tad regretfully. And maybe it's still ...
Review: Kyung Wha Chung Is 'Unequalled' Making History at Carnegie ...
By Christopher Johnson, Contributing Writer, May 19, 2017 As predicted, it was quite an evening. Looking like God’s soldier, her magnificent face rapt in her task, Kyung Wha Chung gave the first integral performance of Bach’s sonatas and partitas for unaccompanied violin ever attempted on ...
Review: Fraternal Tensions Fuel the Mint's Current Find—'The Lucky ...
By Miles Harter, Contributing Writer, May 19, 2017 A.A. Milne is a member of that pantheon of British writers of revered children’s books who also achieved fame in more grown-up literary circles. J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan) was a celebrated Scottish novelist and playwright, and ...
Jazz Notes: Virtuoso Violinist Regina Carter Brings Positive Vibes to Jazz Standard With the Music of Ella Fitzgerald
By Dan Ouellette, Senior Editor ZEALnyc, May 22, 2017
Last month, virtuoso violinist Regina Carter released her tenth album, Ella: Accentuate the Positive, on SonyMusic Masterwork’s imprint OKeh. It’s not only a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald’s in the ...
Review: ‘The Whirligig’ Spins, Aided By a ‘Strong Ensemble Cast’
By Dan Bacalzo, Contributing Writer, May 22, 2017
The difference between tragedy and comedy, according to a character in Hamish Linklater’s The Whirligig, is that “In Tragedy the force that drives the hero to his fully mature realization of Self is ...
Review: Perahia Brings His ‘Colossal Artistry’ to Carnegie Hall With ‘Electric’ Results
By Joshua Rosenblum, Contributing Writer, May 22, 2017
The celebrated pianist Murray Perahia was the first North American to win the prestigious Leeds Competition in 1972 when he was 25. Since then, he has accumulated numerous other accolades, a large ...
Art Break: Calder and Miró Are the Focus at Pace and Aquavella Galleries
By A. E. Colas, Contributing Writer, May 22, 2017
This week Art Break is all about classic examples of art (not classical art, that’s something else entirely). Every entry is the gold standard of its movement or an artist’s output and seeing them is key to ...
Review: ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’—Nora’s Back and Better Than Ever
By Jil Picariello, Theater Editor, May 19, 2017
It still ends with a closing door, but this time, as is appropriate to the difference between a child and an adult, it isn’t slammed, but closed ruefully, hopefully, and perhaps a tad regretfully. And maybe ...
Review: Kyung Wha Chung Is ‘Unequalled’ Making History at Carnegie Hall
By Christopher Johnson, Contributing Writer, May 19, 2017
As predicted, it was quite an evening. Looking like God’s soldier, her magnificent ...
Review: Fraternal Tensions Fuel the Mint’s Current Find—’The Lucky One’
By Miles Harter, Contributing Writer, May 19, 2017
A.A. Milne is a member of that pantheon of British writers of revered children’s books who also achieved fame in more grown-up literary circles. J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan) was a celebrated Scottish ...
Review: Encores!’ ‘Golden Apple’ Lacks Luster
By Christopher Caggiano, Contributing Writer, May 18, 2017
Of all the flop shows that musical theater fanatics obsess about, The Golden Apple has to be one of the most legendary. The show was an Off-Broadway sensation in 1954, although upon transferring ...
An End to 500 Years of Solitude at the Center for Jewish History
By Andrew Koenig, Contributing Writer, May 18, 2017
Exhibitions of classical texts by their very nature confound the viewer. Even if one does know Greek, or Latin, and the old minuscule script in which they are written—even if one knows Middle English ...
Ivy Film Festival Presents a Microcosm of Life and Our Everyday Struggles
By Mercedes Vizcaino, Contributing Writer, May 17, 2017
Founded in 2001 by two undergraduate students (David Peck and Justin Slosky) from Brown University, the Ivy Film Festival has become one of the most well-known international platforms for students to ...
Jazz Notes: Trumpeter Sean Jones Plays It Live and Raw for His Album Release Party at Jazz Standard
By Dan Ouellette, ZEALnyc Senior Editor, May 17, 2017
For his NYC record release party for Live at the Jazz Bistro at Jazz Standard, trumpeter Sean Jones brings his longstanding sparkplug quartet—pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Luques Curtis and drummer ...
Artists & Fleas Market Brings New Artisan Life To SoHo
By Mercedes Vizcaino, Contributing Writer, May 16, 2017
Artists & Fleas shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon. The expanding artisan marketplace, founded by husband and wife duo, Amy Abrams and Ronen Gilmer in 2003, opened their ...
Violinist Kyung Wha Chung Prepares for a Series of Firsts at Carnegie Hall This Week
By Christopher Johnson, Contributing Writer, May 15, 2017
Bach’s modestly-titled Six Solos for Violin without Bass Accompaniment are the Mount Everest of that instrument’s literature, ventured again and again in the safety of the studio—there are ...
Art Break: Self-Taught Art from Latin America and the Caribbean at Baruch College
By A. E. Colas, Contributing Writer, May 15, 2017
Art Break likes to discover small places that promote art with a big impact. Our latest find: The Sidney Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College. This gallery makes a point of bringing to the public intriguing exhibits ...
Review: The Met Woos and Wins With Its Season Finale of ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’
By Brian Taylor, Contributing Writer, May 14, 2017
Franco Alfano’s Cyrano de Bergerac entered the repertoire of the Metropolitan Opera in 2005, at the championing of Placido Domingo, and in Francesca Zambello’s expertly directed production ...
Music and Cocktails at The Miller Theater—Now That’s a Happy Hour!
ZEALnyc, May 12, 2017
Looking for a way to relax after a hard day at the office? Or maybe a way to hear a little music? Or maybe a place to have a drink? How about combining all these needs into ‘one-stop shopping’? The Miller Theater at Columbia ...
Calling All Female Music Educators—Apply for the Liz Swados Inspiration Grant Now
ZEALnyc, May 11, 2017
The life of a school teacher is often one of oversight and lack of recognition for the significant contributions they make to our future generations, much less music teachers and those working in the arts. Last year, after the untimely ...