A frigid air swept through the crypt of the Church of the Intercession on Friday, December 8, nearly blowing out the candles that cast a golden light on the bundled-up audience.
In George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, the dancers are dancing even before the curtain goes up.
Jordi Savall and William Christie, 80 and 77 respectively, stand as the two senior masters whose recordings and appearances have done the most over the past decades to build a healthy local enthusiasm for pre-Classical music.
Earlier this month I got the opportunity to sample two very different Baltic operas.
>The Crypt Sessions, in collaboration with On Site Opera, presented the world premiere of Gregg Kallor’s The Tell-Tale Heart
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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