MANHATTAN IN CHARCOAL

Reveiws

 

"Pritsker has a natural ability to write music that is unselfconsciously 

original and absorbing in a way that resembles nobody else." 

 

"a new work of real importance, a chamber opera that stands out as 

exemplary for our times...It's in its own way a triumph, an example 

of why Gene Pritsker is an outstandingly innovative voice on the 

current scene. Highly recommended!" 

- Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review April 2015  - READ FULL

 

”Manhattan in Charcoal is a powerfully dark work whose strength 

is equally derived from the poetry and the music...a timeless story of 

artists and lovers, beautifully told here in poetry and music." 

 

"In the final scene the libretto and music are masterfully matched in 

a beautiful collage of woodwinds, voices and percussion that is very moving."

-  Paul Muller, Sequenza21 April 2015  - READ FULL

 

“Quite impressive. Both musically and story wise. Check it out!”

- United Mutations May 2015

 

"Gene Pritsker is a composer of dazzling invention”…”No words are good enough to praise the darkly beautiful baritone of Charles Charles Coleman and the moody soprano of Lynn Lynn Norris.”…"this opera will grab you, often put a twist in your gut and every once in a while leave you breathless."

- JazzdaGama July 2015 - READ FULL

 

“..inventive, charming, witty, evoking Scènes de la vie de Bohème without pandering toward the tragedies of the poor.

 It’s emblematic of a kind of new opera—modest in scope, deep in drama, and full of fine music”

-   George Grella, Brooklyn Rail Aug. 2015 - READ FULL

 

“The whole piece holds well together and doesn’t get self indulgent for one moment, always keeping your attention. Impressive and original!”

-  George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly. - READ FULL

 

“Pritsker may very well be the next generation of musical magicians to successfully grace that hotbed of musical eclecticism... I must say that his eclecticism and embrace of a wide variety of musical devices puts me in the mind of some of Stravinsky's work at times. But Pritsker is not derivative, rather he wields a large palette."
-  Allan J. Cronin, Newmusicbuff - READ FULL