In the elevator, Marvin David Levy didn’t even look over at the man standing close by. What he could feel from him – and it wasn’t nice – was all he needed to know. The other man was Samuel Barber, whose Antony and Cleopatra had opened the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in September 1966, and was one of the most colossal failures in the history of the house. … [Read more...]
Piano fest wraps at PBAU with three names to watch
Like better-known programs of its ilk, the young International Certificate of Piano Artists program is a good way for rising stars of the classical piano to get expert advice, and for aficionados of the art to catch some rising stars. Thursday night at the DeSantis Family Chapel on the campus of Palm Beach Atlantic University, the Palm Beach Symphony accompanied three ICPA … [Read more...]