This week, the panel discusses the Brooklyn Phil’s new season, Wagner in Israel, the viability of classical music apps, and more.
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- The Brooklyn Philharmonic highlights its upcoming season with free/cheap concerts featuring hip-hop and spoken word poetry.
- Frank J. Oteri gives us the skinny on the availability, archivability, and disposability of music.
- Do classical music apps suck? It depends on what you’re looking for.
- The Dallas Opera bails on the production of Janáček’s Katya Kabanova. Czech, please.
- The Israel Chamber Orchestra warms up to playing Wagner.
- The Metropolis Opera Project presents a concert featuring new chamber operas. Patrick goes on location to talk to Zachary Redler and Sara Cooper about their new piece, Breakfast.
- Next Week:
- Stay Tuned!
Your friendly neighborhood fact check:
Brian Dickie is the general director of Chicago Opera Theater, not Lyric Opera of Chicago. http://www.chicagooperatheater.org/company/bdickie.html
The Dallas Opera will not be replacing Janacek’s Katya Kabanová in their schedule. They are dropping from five operas to four. http://blog.dallasopera.org/2011/07/22/the-dallas-opera-announces/
Thanks for setting us straight, David.
Thanks for keeping us on our toes David.