How To Write A Concert Review Essay

The concert attended was An Evening of Opera Arias and Scenes, at Nightingale Concert Hall, on October 10, 2016. The environment of the concert was informal for most of the audience dress wise, but the performers were fairly formal with their attire. The stage was very simplistic. It was just a plain white background with large white squares and a dark grand piano. The performers were Jamie Flora, Olga Perez Flora, Chris Langton, Albert R. Lee, Helen Lee, and Suzette Thoeni as the singers/performers. The two pianists were Isadora Pastragus and James Winn. They were performing a number of pieces from numerous opera composers who lived through out various eras ranging from the 1790s to the 1990s. The style of music was musical theatre and most the pieces would fit into the classical genre. The elements of the pieces were just voices and piano, most of which were polyphonic. Some particularly interesting parts of the concert was that over …show more content…
I enjoyed the comedy in “Glitter and Be Gay”. Another piece I enjoyed was the duet between Suzette Thoeni and Albert R. Lee. The finale was the piece I enjoyed the most with the “Anything You Can Do” primarily because it was in English and I could understand what was being sung. It too contained some comedy. For example when Albert R. Lee and James Flora were battling to see who could hit a higher note (Lee won), and I believe it was Olga Perez Flora was arguing that she could buy anything cheaper than Albert R. Lee and James Flora, and that she could also hold any note longer than them. One thing I disliked about the concert was that it was in a different language, so it was a bit hard to understand the message of the piece at times. I had to rely solely on the body language, acting, and the pianist to get the message for most the pieces, which probably distracted me from appreciating the sounds of the voice singing at the