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At times, the only thing I find more physically demanding and emotionally exhausting than pursuing a career as a musician has been that of a writer about music. What isn't met with indiscernible apathy and neglect is usually, and very outwardly, criticized--damned to the dusty floor of the internet. Lowercase, indeed. -
Classicalite's Five Best: Carlo Bergonzi Recordings
Classicalite contributing editor James Inverne states his case, with videos, for the five best Carlo Bergonzi recordings. -
Tour Journals: Council Goes On The Road With Camplified – Day 3 & 4
Welcome to Tour Journals, a Music Times segment where we ask some of our favorite up-and-coming bands to send us a dispatch from the road. This time around, we’ve asked our Camplified Summer Concert Tour contest winners Council to step in and send us their journals and blogs from the currently Camplified tour. -
Turandot on the Beach, Anyone? Buff Members of Teatro Lirico di Cagliari Perform Puccini for Seaside Crowd
Summer opera takes on a whole new meaning in a video, recently shot on the beach and in the water by the well-toned members of opera company Teatro Lirico di Cagliari. -
'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' eighth blackbird, Fleck & Washburn, Johnny Cash Galore Highlight Symphony Space's 2014-15 Season
Care of the always informative DotDotDot Music, color us très impressed with Symphony Space's upcoming 2014-15 offerings: Classicalite dears eighth blackbird, husband and wife virtuosi Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, wall-to-wall Johnny Cash, a live rendering of the score to 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' and even a brand new mini-series, itself. -
What If Your Life Was a Musical? Four New Shows Explore This Idea, Including Disney’s ‘Bob the Musical'
For anyone who wishes that their life had musical accompaniment, or that everyday people spontaneously broke into song like they do in musicals, several new shows could be for you, including Adam Overett's 'My Life Is a Musical' and an upcoming movie from Disney, ‘Bob the Musical.' -
Tour Journals: Council Goes On The Road With Camplified – Day 1 & 2
Welcome to Tour Journals, a Music Times segment where we ask some of our favorite up-and-coming bands to send us a dispatch from the road. This time around, we’ve asked our Camplified Summer Concert Tour contest winners Council to step in and send us their journals and blogs from the currently Camplified tour. -
New Fela Kuti Documentary, 'Finding Fela,' Continues What 'FELA!' the Musical Started
Directed by Academy Award-winner Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Darkside, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room), the film takes a deeper look into a story told by the three-time Tony-winning musical FELA!, which had its Off-Broadway premiere in 2008--recently revived on Broadway in 2012. -
‘Evil Dead: The Musical,’ Possessed by Demons and Infectious Harmonies, Lurches into Chicago on Its North American Tour
'Evil Dead: The Musical' refuses to die. Its misbegotten life started in Toronto 10 years ago, where it was an instant hit. And now it's coming to Chicago, preparing to wreak three weeks of musical mayhem at the Broadway Playhouse from September 23 to October 12. -
'American Psycho' Goes Off-Broadway Musical Thanks to Duncan Sheik, Second Stage Theater in February 2015
Patrick Bateman hasn't left Manhattan just yet, and a new incarnation of the serial killer is about to hit the off-Broadway stage. Second Stage Theatre announced Monday that it will mount a musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' famous 1991 thriller, American Psycho. A premiere has been set for February 2015, though no cast has been announced. -
Tour Journals: Jimkata Frontman Evan Friedell Shares Behind-The-Scenes Footage Of The Band's Early Years
Welcome to Tour Journals, a Music Times segment where we ask some of our favorite up-and-coming bands to send us a dispatch from the road. This time around, we've asked Jimkata frontman Evan Friedell to keep a journal on tour with him. Last week, Evan reflected on the power of music festivals to bring good energy in numbers. This week, he gives us newly edited behind-the-scenes tour footage that chronicles the band's early years. Check back next week for more! -
Everyone's Dying to Get In: Woodlawn Cemetery Offers Grave Plots Next to Jazz Legends
If it isn't too morbid to think that cemeteries can accumulate any sort of "fame," then perhaps buying your future grave plot in one of them is. -
Anna Netrebko to Marry Azerbaijani Tenor Yusif Eyvazov, Announces the Ring on Facebook
Anna Netrebko fans will be singing Dido's lament after news of her engagement to Azerbaijani tenor Yusif Eyvazov, 37, was posted to her Facebook last week. -
According to Comedy Album ‘2776,’ the Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth
'2776' is the new musical comedy album from writers Rob Kutner and the Levinson brothers. The premise: it’s the 1000th birthday of America, and an evil alien is threatening to destroy the U.S. unless the president and his secret service agent can prove that the country is worth saving. '2776' features more than 80 comedians, musicians and actors who got together to record songs about this crazy place we call home. -
VIDEO: Jackie Evancho Releases "Rains of Castamere" Music Video with Chicago's Manual Cinema
Classicalite featured the latest from Jackie Evancho earlier this month after a cover of the Game of Thrones eerie folk ballad "The Rains of Castamere" hit digital retail outlets. Reception widely praised the album and, of course, the young talent, herself.
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