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Mostly Mozart Festival 2015: Program, Schedule, Tickets and Minute Videos from Lincoln Center

Alas, we are closing in on the final weeks of this summer's Mostly Mozart Festival. Fear not, though, Classicalites. The home stretch of Mostly Mozarts past there at Lincoln Center have always been filled with must-hear performers in don't-miss programming, and this 2015 iteration is hardly going out with a whimper. Case in point: the much-awaited American stage premiere of British composer George Benjamin's love-hate opera, 'Written on Skin.' Starring Barbara Hannigan and Christopher Purves in the viscerally erotic roles they, themselves, originated, outgoing New York Philharmonic music director Alan Gilbert leads the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in what's fast becoming the most revered English-language opera in some two decades.
By Steve Nagel

  • David Byrne of Talking Heads Gives ‘TED Talk’ on Importance of Acoustics

    In his TED seminar, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne exhibits an acoustical awareness that might surprise his fans. Stemming from self-awareness in his own music that suggested mixed success across diverse music venues, Byrne stresses the importance of acoustics and characterizes acoustical engineering as "sound architecture," demystifying the long-held views of audiophiles that, talent aside, acoustics can make or break a performance.
    By Steve Nagel

  • Santa Fe Company to Perform Steve Jobs the Opera, Tackles Relationship Issues

    The death of Steve Jobs may have rocked the technological world, but many forget that the Apple archetype was an exceptionally creative person. To honor that creative drive, thus, the Santa Fe Opera company will put on an opera dedicated to one of the most important people of the 21st century.
    By Ian Holubiak
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