The Tales of Hoffmann (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) is a haunting opera that dives into the stormy, occasionally uncanny, love life of poet Hoffmann. In a series of flashbacks (and perhaps a bit too much wine), Hoffmann recounts three romantic escapades, each with its own fantastical twist—and each disastrously interrupted by a shadowy villain determined to […]
Radhe Rahde; Rites of Holi, from Indian-American filmmaker Prashant Bhargava, features a live-score from the jazz great Vijay Iyer, and portrays the joyful, chaotic and colorful celebration of springtime in India. Canadian composer Nicole Lizée brings a film/composition which is an ode to the Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds. And the Present Music ensemble gives […]
Radhe Rahde; Rites of Holi, from Indian-American filmmaker Prashant Bhargava, features a live-score from the jazz great Vijay Iyer, and portrays the joyful, chaotic and colorful celebration of springtime in India. Canadian composer Nicole Lizée brings a film/composition which is an ode to the Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds. And the Present Music ensemble gives […]
