Lisa Hirsch is a technical writer. She studied music at Brandeis and Stony Brook and blogs about classical music and opera at Iron Tongue of Midnight. Articles By This Author Review Mystery Looms in a Compelling New Opera Miniseries Lisa Hirsch - July 26, 2021 Boston Lyric Opera and Long Beach Opera team up with eight composers to create the adventurous desert in. Review Franz Berwald’s “Sinfonia Sérieuse” Blossoms Under the Blomstedt Touch Lisa Hirsch - February 3, 2020 The conductor laureate elicits a nuanced performance of this underperformed gem from the SF Symphony. Review Julia Wolfe’s Fountain of Youth Floods Davies With Sound Lisa Hirsch - January 20, 2020 Wolfe’s piece figures prominently in a mélange of a concert. Feature Orpheus in London: Four Orpheus Operas at the English National Opera Lisa Hirsch - November 26, 2019 One myth, four takes, 240 years of opera history. Review Wisdom With Experience: MTT and SF Symphony Revisit Schumann’s Third Lisa Hirsch - September 23, 2019 A John Adams premiere and Daniil Trifonov playing Rachmaninoff round out the evening. Review Sante Fe Opera’s Unruly Thirteenth Child Lisa Hirsch - August 20, 2019 A new opera from Poul Ruders reimagines a Grimm fairy tale. Review Tan Dun’s Secret Songs Get an Airing at Cabrillo Festival Lisa Hirsch - August 12, 2019 The composer’s work, based on a women’s vocal tradition of Hunan Province, dominates the festival’s Saturday concert. Feature Touring the Opera World With Les Troyens Lisa Hirsch - February 26, 2019 Berlioz’s mammoth work has undergone something of a revival. Singers Brandon Jovanovich and Christian Van Horn share their experiences from three recent productions. Feature Music at the Palace of Versailles Lisa Hirsch - February 19, 2019 The history of French opera begins not in Paris but at that infamous royal residence. Review S.F. Contemporary Music Players Honor Ives Lisa Hirsch - January 22, 2019 Works by living composers reveal the composer’s ongoing influence. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
