“One of the most explosive talents ever to come out of San Francisco Opera’s Merola and Adler programs, countertenor Brian Asawa had an illustrious – if at times troubled – career in opera and recitals around the world. He died on Monday after a long, unidentified illness”
Tag: 04.19.16
Jonas Kaufmann Got An Encore, So Angela Gheorghiu Skipped Her Entrance And Left Him To Vamp Onstage
“‘Non abbiamo il soprano,’ or, ‘We don’t have a soprano,’ [sic] Mr. Kaufmann sang in Puccini-like strains before the opera ground to halt and he broke character and asked the audience to excuse them … Was it a stunning diva moment or an innocent mishap?” (includes video)
Henry Threadgill’s ‘In For A Penny, In For A Pound’ Takes Music Pulitzer
“If you do call him a jazz composer, he is the third to be awarded a Pulitzer in the history of the awards; Wynton Marsalis was awarded for his oratorio Blood on the Fields in 1997 and Ornette Coleman was awarded for his album Sound Grammar in 2007.”