And we have ourselves a winner! Give that man a sitar.
It’s Ravi Shankar’s 100th birthday.
Look for Jimi Hendrix, Mickey Dolenz, and others in the crowd.
Category: Daily Dispatch
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Free Met Opera Streams Week 4 Aida & More
The Metropolitan Opera continues to present its “Live in HD” encores, now entering their fourth week. The operas stream free, for 23 hours, beginning each day at 7:30 p.m. (“Norma” is available until 6:30 this evening.) You’ll find teasers and bonus materials when following the link.
https://www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/week-4/
Monday, April 6
Verdi’s Aida
Starring Anna Netrebko, Anita Rachvelishvili, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Quinn Kelsey, Dmitry Belosselskiy, and Ryan Speedo Green, conducted by Nicola Luisotti. From October 6, 2018.Tuesday, April 7
Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West
Starring Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, and Lucio Gallo, conducted by Nicola Luisotti. From January 8, 2011.Wednesday, April 8
Verdi’s Falstaff
Starring Lisette Oropesa, Angela Meade, Stephanie Blythe, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Paolo Fanale, Ambrogio Maestri, and Franco Vassallo, conducted by James Levine. From December 14, 2013.Thursday, April 9
Wagner’s Parsifal
Starring Katarina Dalayman, Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Mattei, Evgeny Nikitin, and René Pape, conducted by Daniele Gatti. From March 2, 2013.Friday, April 10
Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette
Starring Diana Damrau, Vittorio Grigolo, Elliot Madore, and Mikhail Petrenko, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. From January 21, 2017.Saturday, April 11
Donizetti’s Don Pasquale
Starring Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, and John Del Carlo, conducted by James Levine. From November 13, 2010.Sunday, April 12
Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte
Starring Amanda Majeski, Serena Malfi, Kelli O’Hara, Ben Bliss, Adam Plachetka, and Christopher Maltman, conducted by David Robertson. From March 31, 2018. -
Princeton Symphony At Home with Mendelssohn
Last week, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra launched “At Home with the PSO,” a new gateway to original online content, including performance webcasts, musicians’ recipes, photo albums, and more, with fresh content being added weekly.
But my Spidey sense didn’t start tingling until they linked my program note for one of their past concerts. This week, the focus is on Felix Mendelssohn’s “Reformation Symphony.”
Read the note, enjoy the performance, and while you’re over there, learn to cook maple soy sauce glazed tofu with music director Rossen Milanov!
Look online at princetonsymphony.org, click on “At Home with the PSO,” and scroll down under “Play it Forward.”
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Princeton Festival June 2020 Season Cancelled
Hardly surprising, given the circumstances, but The Princeton Festival has cancelled its June 2020 season. Some of the events may be rescheduled for the fall. You’ll find the complete press release below.
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 6, 2020
PRINCETON FESTIVAL CANCELS JUNE 2020 SEASON DUE TO COVID-19 VIRUS
Events in Fall, Including Annual Piano Competition, Under Consideration
PRINCETON, NJ (April 6, 2020) – The Princeton Festival (www.princetonfestival.org) today announced that it will cancel all 22 performances in its June 2020 season, along with all lectures, workshops, and special events scheduled for April through June, due to the coronavirus epidemic.
“We are taking this action to protect our artists, staff, and audiences from the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus,” said Benedikt von Schröder, Princeton Festival board chair. “This is in accord with directives and guidelines issued by federal and state governments and health officials.”
Events canceled include the opera La Traviata, the musical Into the Woods, the Latin jazz dance band Fleur Seule, a multimedia presentation, chamber music, and Baroque orchestral and choral programs. Current ticketholders will be offered options for redeeming, transferring, or donating the value of their purchases.
Festival officials say they are looking at the possibility of presenting a few performance events in the fall, assuming the crisis is past. The popular fund-raising Gala, originally scheduled for April, has already been moved to October. The annual Piano Competition and some musical performances might also be rescheduled.
“We appreciate the tremendous support from our patrons and donors who make it possible for the Festival to continue its mission to excite and inspire our community,” said Richard Tang Yuk, Executive and Artistic Director. “We’re planning for a brilliant lineup of events next June, and a fall mini-season would help everyone transition from disappointment to renewal.”
More information on the cancellation of the June season, and on the Festival in general, is available at http://www.princetonfestival.org or by calling 609-759-1979.
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Billy Mayerl The Marigold Man and Gershwin
Good morning!
Light music master Billy Mayerl is fondly remembered as the “Marigold Man” (after his biggest hit), or perhaps “The English Gershwin.” Mayerl gave the London premiere of “Rhapsody in Blue” in 1925.
Here, Paul Jacobs performs one of his many delightful miniatures, “April’s Fool”:
A short film of Mayerl himself, horsing around, including a brisk rendition of “Marigold”:
PHOTO: Mayerl with his best friend, Bogey
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