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Steve Jobs’ Life Makes for a Perfect Modern Opera
With The(R)evolution of Steve Jobs, premiering July 22 at the Santa Fe Opera Festival in New Mexico, San Francisco-based composer DJ Mason Bates showcases “a redemption story” as channeled through a conflicted baritone (opera vet Edward Parks).
Whenever Steve is singing, you hear quick electronica with fast, finger-picked acoustic guitar. That represents his busy inner soul, whereas with his wife, Laurene, you hear oceanic strings. That difference is what the opera is about in many ways — she is able to slow down his music.
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Time Makes the Theater Different From any other Art Form
It’s the thing that makes the theater different from any other art form: it’s time. That ingredient is something you can’t force, you can’t generate. It’s just the benefit of earning the time of doing it over and over and over and over again. If you see a show for opening night and then you see it a month later and a month after that and a month after that, you’re gonna have completely different experiences.
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Interview: Cicilia Yudha, Pianist
What have been the greatest challenges of your career so far?
Many people still regard classical music as entertainment only. They think classical music is too serious and often puts them to sleep. My mission is not only to entertain but also to contribute positively to the community through music and music education.
What do you consider to be the most important ideas and concepts to impart to aspiring musicians?
While the printed score is in two-dimensional black and white, music is a living language. As musicians, we must bring the notes to life and express the music as a colorful, three-dimensional world.
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[News] Tenor Juan Diego Flórez Announces Debut Album
Sony Classical has announced has Juan Diego Flórez’s new CD.
The new album, entitled “Mozart,” will see the tenor exploring arias from the composer’s famed works. The album will also mark his first album for Sony Classical and his first album since 2015 when Decca released “Italia.”
The album is slated for Oct. 6, 2018.
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Mark Knopfler On His Guitar Collection
Kimberly Hardin on Casting ‘Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland’
Navi had prepared for his role not just through his impersonations, but also through actually working as a body double for Jackson while he was still alive. Hardin explains how that helped him in his audition, saying, “It’s what every actor does for every role. The actor either has to learn how to develop their interpretation of who their character is, or study someone who is of that nature already. I’ve seen actors playing crack addicts that will go and hang out at a crack house. I have heard of actors doing it all to dive in and make it as real as possible. But if you’re portraying someone you don’t know, where do you go as an actor? I think that was the biggest challenge for a lot of the actors who came in to audition.”
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