ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — A demagogue and religious fanatics impose a theocracy. What sounds like a ripped-from-the-headlines 21st century story was portrayed by Giacomo Meyerbeer 175 years ago in “Le Prophète” and brought back in a compelling production by Bard’s SummerScape festival. A success at Paris’ Salle Le Peletier in 1849, “Le Prophète” became a world-wide hit only to disappear as …
Liu Xiaojing from the Central Conservatory of Music takes a New York audience on a pipa journey rich in ancient Chinese esthetics. The US-China Music Forum — Confronting Challenges and Looking to the Future took place at the Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium at the Asia Society on Saturday in New York. Jindong Cai, director of the US-China Music Institute and …
China Now Music Festival, a leading force in introducing music from China to the United States, kicked off its fifth season on Sunday at the Lincoln Center in New York City, with fusion music works that "belong to both East and West." Sunday's concert, "Tales from Beijing," at the Rose Theater, Jazz at the Lincoln Center, opened with Hutongs of …