Interviews with Will Crutchfield on Teatro Nuovo
Teatro Nuovo Summer 2018 Reviews
The Dawn of Romantic Opera’ Review: Subtle, Playful Performances"The effect was transformative ... anyone who cares about historical performance should not miss the chance to hear this band."
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Medea in Corinto, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, New York — this is how it should be done"This is how it should be done...bold, vibrant playing."
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Teatro Nuovo Opens Its Inaugural Season"A fresh, assertive, vibrant sound."
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Medea in Corinto"A pulsating, lively performance"
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Horny Demons, Whiny White People Dominate 2018’s Summer Opera Festivals"Meticulously prepared...bold and noble energy."
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Crutchfield’s Teatro Nuovo begins life with a pair of bel canto rarities"If you liked what Crutchfield did at Caramoor....you will love this even more."
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Rage! Horror! Vengeance! Joy!"The voices are superb; the orchestral score resounds through the hall."
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Mayr’s Medea at Teatro Nuovo: Stars evolved and aligned for the opera and La Rowley"Mayr is hardly the sexiest name in opera history, but he became exactly that on July 29 at Purchase College. ...Incredibly visceral."
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Teatro Nuovo’s Tancredi on Opening Night"The operas were fascinating, the indoor acoustics superior, the performances musically impressive...gripping drama."
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Jennifer Rowley and Cast Conjure Magic in Barebones Production"Semi-staged, but wholly passionate."
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Teatro Nuovo’s Tancredi on Opening Night"The very best of Bel Canto singing...a distinctly moving experience."
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the boy from syracuse"The occasion was bounteous...the voices blended in duet as ravishingly as any bel canto pairing."
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social medea"tossing around instrumental figures from one virtuoso to another"
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Early Romantic Opera, Joined With Its Sound World"...can’t-miss summer outings for opera-starved New Yorkers."
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The Start of Something Beautiful"A burning seriousness"
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Teatro Nuovo is Launched with Rossini’s Tancredi"Mesmerizingly beautiful...Crutchfield's handpicked cast blossomed in this rarefied musical atmosphere."
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Tancredi and the Birth of Bel Canto"We will follow Will wherever he goes."
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On Heroes and Missing Links"Uniformly excellent...Pure delight"
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Teatro Nuovo's Bel Canto at SUNY Purchase Thunderbolts Out of the Blue"These operas were a wonderful treat."
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All is not well in Syracuse"The singing was stellar across the board"
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Medea at Teatro Nuovo"Many moments of gripping drama"
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Will Crutchfield and his Teatro Nuovo shed new light on bel canto’s beginnings"Tancredi Rifatto was a revelation."
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Teatro Nuovo's Two Tancredis"It was a revelation to hear the music as it must have sounded to Rossini's ears ... more compelling than many a full production."
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Mayr’s Medea in Corinto at Will Crutchfield’s Teatro Nuovo"A tour de force....stellar playing."
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