Amanda Keil, by Ruby Washington/The New York Times
Musica Nuova at Le Poisson Rouge, January 14, 2013
The New York Times, Jan. 18, 2013
Congratulations to Amanda Keil and her early-music ensemble, Musica Nuova, and to director Beth Greenberg for demonstrating in "The Arianna Project" that a mix of Ariadne-inspired monodramas by Monteverdi, Haydn and Alessandro Scarlatti can make for a compelling night of cabaret. And a special tip of the cap to fortepianist Sylvia Berry, whose opening account of Mozart's Fantasia in D minor (K. 397) was the perfect overture, evoking (for me, at least) waves lapping the shore of Naxos, stormy emotional currents and a bright finale to remind everybody that it's all show business.
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