Mike Silverman
Writer at Associated Press
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4 days ago |
normantranscript.com | Mike Silverman
Dan Schlosberg remembers the day 11 years ago when his upstart opera company put on its first performance — in a yoga studio before an audience of 30 people. “We did Kurt Weill’s ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’ accompanied by an upright piano that we got for free on Craigslist and a violin,” recalled Schlosberg, the company’s music director and one of its founders. They named their company Heartbeat Opera, “from the idea that singers would be feet away from you,” Schlosberg said.
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5 days ago |
indianagazette.com | Mike Silverman
NEW YORK — Dan Schlosberg remembers the day 11 years ago when his upstart opera company put on its first performance — in a yoga studio before an audience of 30 people. “We did Kurt Weill’s ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’ accompanied by an upright piano that we got for free on Craigslist and a violin,” recalled Schlosberg, the company’s music director and one of its founders.
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6 days ago |
lufkindailynews.com | Mike Silverman
By MIKE SILVERMAN - Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Dan Schlosberg remembers the day 11 years ago when his upstart opera company put on its first performance - in a yoga studio before an audience of 30 people. "We did Kurt Weill's 'The Seven Deadly Sins' accompanied by an upright piano that we got for free on Craigslist and a violin," recalled Schlosberg, the company's music director and one of its founders. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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6 days ago |
startribune.com | Mike Silverman
For Heartbeat's debut in Williamstown, the festival is setting up a new performance space that should make the company feel right at home. It's in an abandoned grocery store, and there will be seats for just over 200 people.
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6 days ago |
sfgate.com | Mike Silverman
And for Richard Strauss’ “Salome” this season, the teenage title character was dressed in a frilly pink skirt and sneakers; John the Baptist was imprisoned on stage in a cage with transparent sides instead of in an underground cistern; and during the Dance of the Seven Veils, it was a lascivious Herod who stripped off his clothes, not Salome. “I was really doubting myself, thinking how do I make this girl look so young?” she said. “And they said, your physicality will do that on your own.
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