Deems Taylor was a music critic, composer, broadcaster, and an important person in the development of classical music in the first half of the 20th century. This podcast looks at his opera Peter Ibbetson, composed for the Metropolitan Opera in New York. This performance features the Seattle Symphony and Chorus, conducted by Gerard Schwarz, plus soloists Charles Robert Austin, Anthony Dean Griffey, Lauren Flanigan, Richard Zeller, and Lori Summers.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.669016-17

 

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Tags: 8.669016-17, American Composer, American opera, Anthony Dean Griffey, blog.naxos.com, Charles Robert Austin, Deems Taylor, Gerard Schwarz, Lauren Flanigan, Lori Summers, Naxos American Opera Classics, Peter Ibbetson, Richard Zeller, Seattle Symphony and Chorus

The 1993 opera Shining Brow is based on the life of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

In this podcast, both composer Daron Hagen and librettist Paul Muldoon talk about how this opera was created.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.669020-21

 

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Tags: 8.669020-21, American composers, American opera, artist interview, blog.naxos.com, Brenda Harris, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, composer interview, contemporary opera, Deborak Fleischer, Elaine Valby, Elem Eley, Eric Fleischer, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gilda Lyons, James Demler, Jennifer Lynn Reckamp, JoAnn Falletta, Matthew Curran, Naxos Classical Music Spotlight, Paul Muldoon, Robert Frankenberry, Robert Orth, Tony Barton