Re: new Osvaldo Golijov opera

[Lloica Czackis <lloicale...>]

Is he Argentinian?


>From: "Seth Rogovoy" <rogovoy (at) berkshire(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: new Osvaldo Golijov opera
>Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:47:39 -0400
>
>The Boston Symphony Orchestra has commissioned a new chamber opera from
>Osvaldo Golijov, which will be performed next August 10 (2003) at 
>Tanglewood
>with Dawn Upshaw as the lead vocalist.
>
>According to a press release, Golijov describes his work as a "Middle
>Eastern pieta," which "will deal with parents and the sacrifice of their
>children, expressed through both Biblical and contemporary references."
>
>Golijov's previous work includes "Yiddushbbuk," "La Pasion segun San
>Marcos," "K'Vakarat" -- for string quartet and cantor, recorded by Kronos
>Quartet -- and "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind," recorded by
>Kronos with clarinetist David Krakauer.
>
>--------------
>Seth Rogovoy
>author of "The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and
>Soul"
>http://www.algonquin.com/catalog/pagemaker.cgi?1-56512-244-5
>"even the most clueless goy will be able to appreciate this art form" --
>Linda Daily Paulson, Dirty Linen Magazine
>


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