ARTICLE

Think opera peaked 200 years ago? These artists want to change your mind.

by Schuyler Velasco, Experience Magazine (February 14, 2022)

In August 2021, De Ritis and the poet Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, an English and Africana studies professor at Northeastern, received a grant from the Boston Foundation for a musical adaptation of Bertram’s 2020 poetry collection, Travesty Generator. Even in the realm of newer opera, the source material is radical…

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REVIEW

Music Across Generations and Cultures

by Allan Kozinn, The Wall Street Journal (April 24, 2018)

“An eclectic whose other works draw on popular and electronic music, [De Ritis] based “The Legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl” (2018) on an ancient tale of forbidden love between celestial beings… it is also a concerto for a large array of Chinese percussion instruments, and that aspect, thanks to the high-energy virtuosity of Beibei Wang, is what captured the attention in this colorful, 20-minute score.”

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