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12 hours ago

Diary of a degenerate: mapping the music and the madness of Carlo Gesualdo

Carlo Gesualdo produced darkly intense late Renaissance music but also committed a notorious double murder and lived a later life marked by ritualistic torment and accusations.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 months ago

'The Yeomen of the Guard': A feast for the eyes as well as the ears * Oregon ArtsWatch

Fans of LOoP already know that this company, which is celebrating its 10 th season, is a Portland treasure. So it will come as no surprise that its production of Yeomen at the Brunish Theatre on Saturday, October 11 (it continues through Oct. 26), was a stream of steady delights featuring engaging music, motion, costumes and comedy, with a moment of sincere emotion at the end.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Small Acts of Love review tragedy and tenderness in Lockerbie eulogy

Fitting, then, that the opening production should be a requiem. Less a drama than a mass, it is a eulogy to those killed in the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, the single biggest terrorist loss of life on UK territory. The powerful act one closing song has just three words: Let us remember. The nearest parallel to this sentiment-laden music-theatre piece by Frances Poet and Ricky Ross is Come from Away.
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