John Adams NewsNews about John Adams continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Applause for Alsop's first season- June 30, 2008 Earlier this month in Denver, a hearty ovation greeted the dynamic cast after a performance of Opera Colorado's visually and musically potent production of Nixon in China , the minimalist masterpiece by John Adams. But, had an applause meter been in place during the curtain calls, it would have registered the biggest surge of clapping and cheering for the last person to walk onstage, someone who had not sung a note - Marin Alsop. This wasn't just a case of a local audience acknowledging a...http://www.topix.net/who/john-adams/2008/06/applause-for-alsops-first-season?fromrss=1 Naxos brings 'Nixon' alive from Ellie stage- June 21, 2008 Recording engineer John Newton works with equipment at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House as he and fellow Naxos engineer Tim Handley prepare to record Opera Colorado's production of Nixon in China.http://www.topix.net/who/john-adams/2008/06/naxos-brings-nixon-alive-from-ellie-stage?from... CLASSICAL- June 16, 2008 June 13, 2008 -- AVERY FISHER HALL: The New York Philharmonic is joined by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus for Puccini's "Tosca" tomorrow at 8 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Center, 132 W. 65th ...http://www.topix.net/who/john-adams/2008/06/classical?fromrss=1 'Nixon' overcomes the odds- June 14, 2008 There's not much action in John Adams' Nixon in China . Then again, not much happened when Richard Nixon flew to the forbidden communist country ruled by Mao Tse-tung, his wife Chiang Ch'ing and Chou En-lai. ...http://www.topix.net/who/john-adams/2008/06/nixon-overcomes-the-odds?fromrss=1 Why Haydn Should be Mandatory- June 12, 2008 Haydn must not be given up to period specialists. Symphony orchestras more and more tend toward a niche program of exclusively romantic and post-romantic repertoire: from Beethoven to Sibelius and everything in ...http://www.topix.net/who/john-adams/2008/06/why-haydn-should-be-mandatory?fromrss=1 Adams' 'Nixon' triumphs in a changed world- June 10, 2008 ' John Adams' "Nixon in China" is still the same opera premiered in Houston in 1987.http://www.topix.net/who/john-adams/2008/06/adams-nixon-triumphs-in-a-changed-world?fromrs... The love of learning- June 8, 2008 Excerpts from a commencement address at the Boston College, May 19,2008 For many of you of the graduating class, the love of learning has already taken hold.http://www.topix.net/who/john-adams/2008/06/the-love-of-learning?fromrss=1 An Inconvenient Truth: Opera in tune with the political climate- June 4, 2008 Burning issue: La Scala has commissioned a new work based on Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.http://www.topix.net/who/john-adams/2008/06/an-inconvenient-truth-opera-in-tune-with-the-p... Bringing Nixon back- June 2, 2008 Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon in Chicago Opera Theater's 2006 version of a new "Nixon in China" production opening Saturday in Denver.http://www.topix.net/who/john-adams/2008/06/bringing-nixon-back?fromrss=1 |