Metropolitan Opera historic production of FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES
Sept 27, 2021 Opening night curtain call-Metropolitan Opera historic production of FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES
Soprano Vuvu Mpofu
For several years, I have followed South African opera singers soprano Pretty Yende and bass-baritoneMusa Ngqungwana. Please see Operawire Artist of the Week soprano Vuvu Mpofu https://operawire.com/artist-of-the-week-vuvu-mpofu/?fbclid=IwAR2nvqJ1CO4UBglfacMNW2hh19UzVe7maoTQ3Ocg26dMHGu1kJIHDJCtjNw
Sept 2, 2021 LA Phil performance at the Hollywood Bowl
The Sept 2, 2021 LA Phil performance at the Hollywood Bowl conducted by Thomas Wilkins was both a miss step and forward step. After the opening brief piece, Overture to Theater Set, by African American composer Ulysses Kay, pianist Aaron Diehl came on stage to perform Variations on I Got Rhythm by Gershwin. Shortly…