by Robert Boyd | Jan 15, 2022 | 2018 Season, Kashchey, News
Click here to read Nicholas Jones’ complete review at San Francisco Classical Voice. Pairing two short operas by one composer would seem to offer an evening of stylistic consistency. The two Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov one-acts that Island City Opera chose for its...
by Robert Boyd | Aug 20, 2017 | 2018 Season, Behind Curtain, Kashchey
Mozart and Salieri ‘lost’ composition played in Prague In 2016, a piece of music considered lost for more than 200 years was performed for the first time since being rediscovered; Per la ricuperata di Offelia. It was co-written by Antonio Salieri, and...
by Robert Boyd | Jul 16, 2017 | 2018 Season, Kashchey
Russian-born conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya will conduct Island City Opera’s production of two Rimsky-Korsakov operas in January 2018. Yankovskaya’s work has been hailed as “superb,” “expert,” and “coax[ing] every possible expressive note from the...
