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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Skating on Thick Ice
Speaking of feisty gals, I personally can hardly wait for Nancy and Tonya: The Opera coming up at Tufts University next spring. With a libretto by Elizabeth Searle and music by Tufts graduate student Abigail Al Dorry, the saga of ice skating's most famous attempted kneecapping promises to make Carmen and Micaela's little tussle look like the undercard of a Don King Production. Naturally, this has Everette Minchew thinking up some additional formerly unlikely subjects for operas.
Anthony Cornicello has some thoughts on Alvin Lucier and unpretentiousness. Elodie Lauten provides some highlights for the week. And don't miss Evan Johnson's review of David Lang's latest.
Corey Dargel has a couple of gigs this week. Tonight, at Saint Peter's Church, the duo Two Sides Sounding (Eleanor Taylor, soprano; Jocelyn Dueck, piano) will be premiering a song cycle they commissioned from Corey called "Con Dolcezza" (with Sweetness)--settings of speeches by Condoleeza Rice.
And Wednesday through Saturday at Dance Theater Workshop, Corey will be performing portions of his original score for choreographer Scott Heron's "Flossing and Other Dances." See Automatic Heartbreak for details.
posted by Jerry Bowles
10/25/2005
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
