Tag: The Broad Stage
Choreographer Emily Johnson Relates Her Work to the Land
"Are we in great relationship with the land that we occupy? Are we in the right relationship right now with everyone who has gathered? Maybe, maybe not."
Mezzo-Soprano Elīna Garanča Believes in the Magic of Opera…
"We are there to communicate with emotions. We are there to transport. We are there to support history, the imagination of somebody. And if it all gets just corrected by politics, it loses its purpose."
Jazz Artist Delfeayo Marsalis Wants You On Your Feet
"The rest of the week is going to be pretty jive. But right now I'm not worried about the rest of the week. I'm celebrating right now. That's the message we're trying to get out of here."
Singer Derrell Acon Returns To Heartbeat Opera’s “Fidelio”
"There is not an inherent gorgeousness to classical music itself. We find it gorgeous because we find ourselves represented in it. We have not been successful at making it relevant for everybody."
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein Completes Her Pandemic Trilogy
"I just felt that I became much more in touch with the kind of music that I wanted to play, the kind of playing I want to do and the kinds of projects that I find really engaging."
Violinist Margaret Batjer Needs Warm and Fuzzy
"The most amazing artistic moments of my life have happened in a live performance where you feel the silence, the absence of noise."
Director Elkhanah Pulitzer Aims for the Moon
"Early on we decided we didn't want to be soap-boxy and so we wanted to kind of enter into a space that allowed for allegory and some sense of magic or something that almost like Aesop's fable."
Sandra Tsing Loh Gets to the Heart of the Matter
"I think Bitch is a look at some of the things we had before the pandemic and maybe we can sift through them and find the good stuff and the joy."
Best Bets: February 12th – February 15th
Where to find your fix for culture this Valentine's Day Weekend which is also a holiday weekend!
Michael Blakk Powell Is Breathing Free…
"I never thought me and Beethoven would identify somewhere and be on the same wave length. Now I now it’s about the story and I never gave that a thought until Breathing Free."