And a thoroughbred put out to pasture after a few great years is back in the gate: William Christie's acclaimed presentation of Lully's opera "Atys" with Les Arts Florissants, seen at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1989 and 1992, a landmark in the modern early-music movement.
The theater's critically acclaimed presentation of "The Government Inspector," a world premiere adaptation of the Nikolai Gogol classic — and a co-production with the equally edgy Furious Theatre Company — runs through Aug. 26.
Loewe love-in After an acclaimed menswear presentation and with a capsule of women's accessories already doing brisk business, the end of this month brings JW Anderson's true Loewe litmus test: his first fully-fledged womenswear show for the Spanish leather goods house, at a bleary-eyed 9am slot on the Friday of Paris.
Of course it's rewarding to hear Sweeney Todd sung impressively by a real musical theater baritone, like Len Cariou, who created the role in the original Broadway production in 1979, and George Hearn, who took it over later in the run (and appears opposite Angela Lansbury, the original Mrs. Lovett, in an acclaimed television presentation).
Working with Ms. Borda and Kurt Masur at the New York Philharmonic, Mr. Kauffman took a hand in artistic planning, notably the commissioning of works to commemorate the passing of the millennium, and the revival of musical theater initiatives, specifically an acclaimed concert presentation of Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" last year.
His appearances have included a survey of the Beethoven symphonies, some on period instruments, some on modern, in 2010; an acclaimed "staged concert" presentation of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" in 2011; and a Mozart Requiem in 2012 in which he strewed choristers among the instrumentalists to give the players a more vivid sense of the text.
Future plans for the Speaker Series include presentations in 2015 of "acclaimed artists and non-arts professionals from various disciplines" and, in 2016, artists whose work was exhibited by the museum in past years.
Her Secret Origins (1987) and Batgirl Special (1988) countered the victimized and objectified presentation of Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in Alan Moore's acclaimed The Killing Joke (1988)." She notes that Kesel's interpretation of the character emphasized her intelligence, technological skill, and ability to overcome fear.
Finally, after respective bouts of illness had prevented these acclaimed Wagnerians from appearing together in any of the five previous presentations of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," they would sing the sixth and final performance in this ill-fated run.
The Focus on the Masters Tuesday Talk Series at Cafe Voltaire in Ventura will continue Jan . 7with "An Evening With Lindsay B. Scott". Series founder Donna Granata will lead a presentation on the life and work of the acclaimed wildlife artist.
