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A Political Opera With Big Ambitions Feels Off-Key

by Gabriel Grossman September 20, 2019September 20, 2019

Despite a gorgeous, impressively conducted score, David Lang’s prisoner of the state felt overstuffed, unsatisfying, and contradictory.

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New York Philharmonic Performs the World Premiere of David Lang’s prisoner of the state

by New York Philharmonic May 29, 2019June 3, 2019

Conducted by Music director Jaap Van Zweden, the concerts take place June 6 – 8 at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center.

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An Opera on the Highline Revolves Around What Transpires at 7 O’Clock

Avatar photo by Deena ElGenaidi October 1, 2018

This week on the High Line, 1,000 singers will come together to tell the diverse and personal stories of New Yorkers.

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A Symphony Scored from a School District’s 1,000 Broken Instruments

Avatar photo by Allison Meier May 4, 2017May 4, 2017

When Robert Blackson learned about the broken instruments in Philadelphia’s public schools, he turned them into a creative opportunity: the Symphony for a Broken Orchestra.

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Body in Mind: Live Performance in Prototype, Under the Radar, and American Realness

by Paul David Young January 29, 2017January 29, 2017

While this year some pieces isolated participants through technology, others relished their theatricality and fed off the physical presence of live performers.

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An Opera Revisits the Grisly Public Dissections of the 18th Century

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 11, 2017January 11, 2017

An anatomical theater and its dissected murderess are the subjects of a bloody opera on the physical nature of evil.

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An Operatic Lament for the Lonely Artist

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 13, 2016September 13, 2016

“When we meet the very best, we have to give up,” baritone Rod Gilfry intoned in The Loser, composer David Lang’s one-act opera that debuted last week at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).

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