On Nov. 6, the Washington National Opera opened its 2021-22 in celebratory fashion by showcasing a gala with five international artists. https://operawire.com/washington-national-opera-2021-22-review-come-home-a-celebration-of-return/?fbclid=IwAR0TEmeVYDqnvTrrkAmvI3RpfLhYRkzrqxFsDsVuFDNMFyDsuTM1S-bRiLE. See archival pic John Malveaux (left) and Tenor Lawrence Brownlee (right) in Long Beach
DetailsRenae Williams Niles is chief content and engagement officer of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Sun Oct. 31, 2021 attended LA Opera Tannhäuser with appreciation and recollections. Appreciation because LA Opera staged a second consecutive operatic canon successfully casting African Americans in principal roles. Bass-baritone Morris Robinson also sang in Il Trovatore and the part of Landgrave Hermann in Tannhäuser. Tenor Issachar Savage was Tannhäuser. Los Angeles local bass baritone Patrick Blackwell sang Reinmar Von Zweter.…
DetailsOn February 18, 2018, MusicUNTOLD presented composer Michael Abels the 2017 Composer of the Year Award at the Michelle Obama Library in Long Beach, Ca for the original motion picture soundtrack of “GET OUT”. Attorney Michele Anderson, Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, was host for the honoring. The ceremony included two interviews…
DetailsAnthony Parnther will conduct the LA Philharmonic in two November concerts (Nov 10, 2021 https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/1424/2021-11-10/ry-x-with-the-la-phil and Nov 20, 2021 https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/1476/2021-11-20/reel-change-kris-bowers. See pic (LA Phil)
Thursday Oct 14, 2021 Maestro Dudamel conducted Schoenberg’s ‘Transfigured Night, Op.4’ during 1st half. The 2nd half opened with the rising soprano Golda Schultz singing Four Last Songs by Strauss (Spring, September, When Falling Asleep, At Sunset). An affection seemed to be present between Gudamel, Schultz and the orchestra. The audience responded in kind. The program…
DetailsArchival Roy Harris 1963 interview https://pastdaily.com/2021/10/10/interview-with-american-composer-roy-harris-past-daily-talking-about-music/?fbclid=IwAR0G-WFV8Z5rGlm532LTciGLATux7ACUCuvu_B3zI2hWgizaF-dbigmvJwY
DetailsSunday Oct 3, 2021 attended spectacular LA Opera’s IL TROVATORE to witness final performance by Limmie Pulliam (Manrico) before being replaced by Gregory Kunde. While the Met has shattered their 136 year history with Terrence Blanchard’s ‘Fire Shut Up In My Bones’, LA Opera is also making a huge contribution to diversity in opera. I…
DetailsSoprano Dr. Liana Valente, with pianist Dr. Karen Walwyn, perform “Let There Be Peace on Earth: And Let It Begin with Me” and “God Bless America” at the 150th anniversary of 13th amendment to the US Constitution Abolition of Slavery Concert on November 21, 2015 at DAR Constitution Hall, Washington D.C. presented by MusicUNTOLD.com …
DetailsSept 27, 2021 Opening night curtain call-Metropolitan Opera historic production of FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES
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
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…
DetailsFour Songs after poems by Toni Morrison, for soprano, cello & piano I. Mercy (Slowly) II. Stones (Bright and Sassy) III. Shelter (Gently) IV. The Lacemaker (Slowly) Sylvia McNair, soprano Yo-Yo Ma, cello André Previn, piano
DetailsPlease see creative output of Anthony R. Green (composer, performer, social justice artist) https://www.anthonyrgreen.com/bio
August 21, 2021 Dianne Nicolini, KUSC Classical Radio 91.5 FM,1-3 PM programmed Justin Holland’s Peek-a Boo Waltz. I was unaware of Justin Holland’s history and contributions in classical music. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Holland
In a discussion about opera with Latesha Smith, community engagement officer at Spoleto USA, she shared information about “BLUE” and I am looking forward to post pandemic rescheduling of “BLUE”.
Transition of conductor Michael Morgan, Oakland Symphony https://www.ktvu.com/news/longtime-music-director-of-oakland-symphony-dies
8-12-21 reunion with cousin Julienne Malveaux at Hollywood Bowl. Dr. Malveaux relocated to Los Angeles from New York for a new position at California State University Los Angeles-Dean of Ethnic Studies. However, she loves beaches and has not visited Long Beach to date. Maestro Dudamel and the LA Phil opened with living African American composer…
DetailsMichael Cooper shared this NEW VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE of Margaret Bonds’s gorgeous SATB/piano arrangement of THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS sung by the USC Thornton Chamber Singers, conducted by Jo-Michael Scheibe, with Sky Lee, collaborative pianist.
DetailsAbout The No One’s Rose Music, poetry, dance and theatre combine in The No One’s Rose—a new, multifaceted, genre-defying piece. PBO, in partnership with the American Modern Opera Company and Stanford Live, is heartened to bring this life-affirming work to the stage after more than six years in the making and a reschedule from its…
DetailsThe health controversy surrounding the July 23, continues as the USA Olympic trials are in progress. The 1980 Summer Olympic Games faced a very different controversy that led to the United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. Please see https://africlassical.blogspot.com/2012/04/john-malveaux-music-and-1980-olympics.html Composer Roy Harris was inducted into the American Academy and Institute…
DetailsJuneteenth Worldwide /Albinism Awareness Concert June 15, 2010 at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center-Terrace Theater featured Salif Keita, “The Golden Voice of Africa”. Salif Keita of Mali, Africa made his first major U.S. breakthrough with “Tomorrow” and “Papa,” songs prominently featured on the original sound track for the 2001 motion picture, “Ali,” starring Will…
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The June 19, 2011 JUNETEENTH Celebration presented by Long Beach Central Area Association/MusicUNTOLD at Long Beach Performing Arts Center featured a recital by Mezzo-Soprano Denyce Graves with collaborator Laura Ward. See https://musicuntold.com/index.php/juneteenth-worldwide-concert-2011/. KABC Leo Stallworth was host and recognized as 2011 JUNETEENTH Father of The Year. Please see Denyce Graves and Laura Ward perform…
DetailsMargaret Bonds’s Montgomery Variations (1964) will be performed by Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic July 15, 2021 https://cooperm55.wixsite.com/jmc3/post/meanwhile-in-l-a?fbclid=IwAR1kMXIg9XcU5mLj4-ieOE0bJAZMSzY79JTSYw9hWMnEy_h6fRMbobj-O6g
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