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Critic's Notebook: Despite 'Esther,' New York City Opera rises from the ashesI'm rooting for him too, although only if the company comes up with offerings a lot less dispiriting than a revival of Hugo Weisgall's "Esther," which I saw Tuesday night. This biblical opera, which the company premiered in 1993, is running... In this article: Esther, Hugo Weisgall, New York City Opera, Gerard Mortier, Lincoln Center, Purim, and Stock market crash |
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The Huffington Post | November 17, 2009
Barbara Probst Solomon: Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention
...Dreyfus case inflamed France that Proust found his true compass, (By my casual count there are eleven references to the biblical Queen Esther in La Recherche, and her marriage to King Ahasuerus has got to be one of the most successful mixed...
In this article: Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Lotte Jacobi, Marcel Proust, Alfred Stieglitz, New York, Beatrice Wood, Catholic Church, Mina Loy, and Pablo Picasso
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Salon | November 16, 2009
The new Palin campaign commences
...paid his mistress hush money while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination on a social justice platform.) Queen Esther If Palin is indeed a cancer on the GOP, why can't the Republican establishment retire her to a quiet...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Republican Party, John McCain, Barack Obama, Queen Esther, Mark Kirk, and Mike Huckabee
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Observer.com - All Articles | November 10, 2009
City Opera's Long Weekend
...at the right time. One other early-'90s opera that offers the most interesting comparison to Esther is John Adams' Death of Klinghoffer. Like Esther, Klinghoffer is an opera about Jews. It tells the story of the 1984 hijacking of the ocean...
In this article: Hugo Weisgall, Don Giovanni, John Adams, Ghosts of Versailles, Philip Glass, and Culpability
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FT.com - Arts & Weekend | November 09, 2009
American Voices/Esther, David H. Koch Theater, New York
...and simply, with "Take Care of This House" from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Matters improved dramatically on Saturday with Hugo Weisgall's Esther, not seen anywhere since its premiere in 1993. This is a grand, grand opera, a quasi-biblical...
In this article: David H. Koch, New York City Opera, Prima Donna, and New York
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Philly.com | November 08, 2009
Sideshow: 76ers say: Snuff the sun
...Opera launched its comeback from perilous times Saturday night by reviving an atonal opera that it premiered in 1993 - Hugo Weisgall's Esther. The work, based on the biblical story of the Jewish queen of Persia who saved her people from...
In this article: Philadelphia 76ers, Cancer, New York City Opera, Legal age, Melanoma, Found Footage Festival, University of Southern California, and A Christmas Carol
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The State | November 08, 2009
New York City Opera revives 'Esther' _ and itself
...2, 2009 photo released by the New York City Opera, Stephen Kechulius is Xerxes and Lauren Flanigan is Esther during a dress rehearsal of "Esther," at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York. - NYC Opera, Carol Rosegg /AP...
In this article: New York City Opera, NEW YORK, Lincoln Center, Hugo Weisgall, Madama Butterfly, and Gerard Mortier
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Yahoo! News | November 08, 2009
New York City Opera revives 'Esther' and itself (AP)
...Saturday night by reviving an atonal opera that it premiered back in 1993 - Hugo Weisgall's "Esther." A bold move, but far from a foolhardy one. "Esther," based on the biblical story of the Jewish queen of Persia who saved her people from...
In this article: New York City Opera, Hugo Weisgall, Madama Butterfly, and Gerard Mortier
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National Public Radio | November 04, 2009
New York City Opera Rises From Turmoil
...is impressed by how much has been packed into this mini-season. "And it makes a big statement to me that he's starting with Esther, this Hugo Weisgall opera - a thorny, fascinating, dramatically compelling opera," he says. There's...
In this article: New York City Opera, Anthony Tommasini, Gerard Mortier, Samuel Ramey, Metropolitan Opera, Heartache, and Columbia University
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news-record | October 17, 2009
Moses, Esther come to life at Jewish festival
...such as a burning bush," Reichelson said. His Abraham is one of nearly a dozen costumed biblical characters, including Queen Esther, Bathsheba and Noah, who are set to mingle at the Community Jewish Festival on Oct. 25 at Temple...
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Observer.com - All Articles | October 13, 2009
City Opera Steels Itself
...one who inspired you to change your major from poli-sci to music. The first production of the new season, opening Nov. 5, is Hugo Weisgall's Esther, a formidably atonal work that had a well-received world premiere at City Opera in 1993.
In this article: The Observer, Joseph Volpe, Metropolitan Opera, Fiscal year, and Don Giovanni
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Esther (), born Hadassah, was a Jewish queen of the Persian Empire in the Hebrew Bible, the queen of Ahasuerus (traditionally identified with Xerxes I), and heroine of the Biblical Book of Esther which is named after her. The name Esther comes from the Persian word "star".
As a result of Esther's intervention and influence, Mizrahi Jews lived in the Persian Empire for 2400 years thereafter. Esther's husband Ahasuerus followed in the footsteps of Cyrus the Great, in showing mercy to the Jews of Persia: Cyrus had decreed an end to the Babylonian captivity of the Jews upon his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC.
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- Ahasuerus
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- Queen of Persian Empire
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