We have received a report on how the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador (pop. 3.8 million) went about selecting a chief conductor and artistic director for its symphony orchestra. It’s an object lesson in transparency. Why can’t others do the…
Dante Anzolini has been invited to open the season of the Montevideo Philharmonic in Uruguay. The concert is scheduled on May 13, 2014 in the Teatro Solís. The program includes Rachmaninoff´s last orchestral piece, the Symphonic Dances, and Verdi´s Overture…
Maestro Anzolini will be conducting the Montevideo Philharmonic at 7.30 on Monday, April 11, 2016. The program will not be altered. Calcavecchia’s Pericón, Mozart Clarinet Concerto (soloist Gervasio Tarragona), and Prokofiev Fifth Symphony. More information at http://www.filarmonica.org.uy/softis/presentaciones/pd/2016-04-11 https://www.facebook.com/filarmonica.demontevideo/?fref=ts
The final summary of the extraordinary success in Washington: Six evenings that brought six standing ovations. This is a picture of the conductor Maestro Anzolini bringing Philip Glass to receive the huge accolades of audience, cheering the composer and his…
Another view on Maestro Anzolini’s Washington National Opera debut with the world premiere of Philip Glass-Christopher Hampton’s Appomattox. Please read http://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/play-dc-appomattox-kennedy-center.htm
The Washington’s liveliest theatre website has published a review on the performance of November 14. This world premiere composed by Philip Glass (“called by some the greatest living composer”), with text written by Christopher Hampton, was conducted by Dante Santiago…
“Conductor Dante Santiago Anzolini and director Tazewell Thompson triumph in their WNO debuts.” A full review of DC Metro Arts titled “Dangerous”: ‘Appomattox’ at Kennedy Center. It can be read at: http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2015/11/15/dangereuse-appomattox-at-the-kennedy-center-by-sophia-howes-review-2/
Under two different titles, but the same content: on line it is “A superb night at the opera”. At the paper copy of today’s Washington Post in the ‘Style’ section, it is “A second chance helps a historical drama soar”…
Maestro Anzolini made his debut at the Washington National Opera, conducting the world premiere of “Appomattox”, with script by Christopher Hampton, and music by Philip Glass. From the moment the last chord was played, the whole audience stood up and…
Timely and appropriate response: art frames a view on past and present circumstances on racism, war, inequality. The New York Times publishes an article on Maestro Anzolini newest engagement in Washington DC. Please read http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/11/arts/music/revisiting-the-opera-appomattox-in-the-course-of-human-events.html?ref=arts
