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David Del Tredici Looking-Glass Opera Live Simulcast on Sunday December 1st!

Posted on December 1, 2013February 6, 2019

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will present Leonard Slatkin conducting the world premiere of the complete version of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Del Tredici’s opera Dum Dee Tweedle, based on Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, this afternoon, Sunday, December 1st, at Detroit Orchestra Hall. The performance will also be webcast free to a global audience via the DSO’s “Live From Orchestra… [read full post]

Happy Unbirthday David Del Tredici!

Posted on March 29, 2012February 4, 2019

The composer’s 75th un-Unbirthday was actually last March 16th, but it was celebrated in style on March 25 and 26, according to Operation Brooklyn, with a performance of “Haddocks’ Eyes” at the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, starring Amy van Roekel and with Del Tredici playing piano. The show was presented by Opera on Tap (“born as a… [read full post]

David del Tredici’s Final Alice at Pittsburgh Symphony

Posted on May 5, 2011February 4, 2019

If you’re in Pittsburgh this weekend, the symphony will perform Final Alice (1972) by David Del Tredici, the Pulizer-winning American composer who spent much of his earlier career being inspired by Carroll’s writings. Final Alice is “an opera in concert form for soprano, folk ensemble, and orchestra.” Leonard Slatkin conducts and Hila Pitmann sings the Soprano Alice… [read full post]