MUSIC FOR NEW BODIES: (excerpts from the world premiere performance, Houston, April 2024) @DaCameraHouston @KathrynLewek @ShepherdSchool

RT @nybooks: “Two decades into George Benjamin and Martin Crimp’s creative partnership, it feels neither premature nor hyperbolic to sugges…

RT @nybooks: Matthew Aucoin (@aucoincomposer) on George Benjamin and Martin Crimp’s tender, crushing opera Picture a day like this https://…

@nicomuhly @asvokos @TheaterFreiburg nico what was the menu item in houston that reminded u of my orchestration? “spicy flaming queso” I think? anyway “two boys” (accidentally wrote “two bots” at first) is definitely ripe for revival!!

I'm making a piece with Peter Sellars based on poetry by @jorie_graham. It's called MUSIC FOR NEW BODIES. Wow I don't have words for how excited I am for this one. See you next April at @DaCameraHouston @ShepherdSchool

@eyepitydafu didn’t he also tell a student pianist (not you) that his performance of a Beethoven sonata had too much “lipstick” on? What a spirit. RIP.

"Eurydice" is headed to Boston! see you next spring @BostLyricOpera: @SydneySoprano @elportillo

the Ed Sheeran trial takes a shocking turn with the arrival of a surprise witness: Theodor Adorno 👀🍿

"The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera" is now out in paperback! it's a book that has been described (by me) as being "like listening to opera without having to listen to opera." check it out here:

@chriscerrone forgot to mention that the innocent bystander was Arnold Schoenberg, in his later period

@dylanmatt “there are dozens of these now!”

@PeterPlaysPerc @NewEnglandPhil oh lame, wish we were here at the same time Peter!

RT @nybooks: Matthew Aucoin (@aucoincomposer) on the conductor Carlos Kleiber, the nonpareil of podium alchemy

@Lynn_Nothegger The particular use of “oder?” as a question, after having asserted something. I like the way it opens up space for the other person to answer/correct you. It’s close to the English “right?”, but somehow (to my ears) more flexible, less defensive-sounding.

@GernonBen @nybooks thanks Ben!!

RT @ErnestoLechner: I wrote about @aucoincomposer, Anthony Davis, @T_Blanchard and their @RecordingAcad nominated operas. One of those rare…