"Tangos, fandangos, waltzes, even snatches of ragtime and jazz pepper Bolcom's musical pastiche"
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Chicago Fringe Opera presents Lucrezia May 6-13
Four hands, two pianos, and a stellar cast light up the stage in "game of seduction and love, riddled with humor"
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Opera America: Creators in Concert | William Bolcom, Composer
Watch an interview with William Bolcom and a concert of his vocal works presented by Opera America in New York City. The event was streamed live on April 6, 2017.
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Stereophile: William Bolcom's Delightful Piano Rags
"Music that is witty, engaging, and filled with surprises—music written with a twinkle in the eye"
World premiere of Dinner at Eight: "Sparkling, imaginative...deft, astute"
A new American opera takes an 85-year old American situational tragi-comedy and draws parallels with our own time.
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Dinner at Eight: Advance press and praise
Advance press and reviews from Minneapolis Star Tribune, MinnPost, Twin Cities Arts Reader, Lavender Magazine, Opera Wire set the stage for Bolcom's new opera.
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New Bolcom/Campbell Opera "Dinner At Eight" Previews and Premieres
William Bolcom's fourth major opera, Dinner At Eight, based on the 1932 play by Edna Ferber and George Kaufman, will receive its World Premiere by the Minnesota Opera on March 11 (repeating March 16, 18 & 19). Tickets are available now at mnopera.org.
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New Piano Rags CD released on Steinway label
Spencer Myer's latest CD -- Piano Rags of William Bolcom -- is now available on the Steinway & Sons label.
Read moreDream Music No. 1 & Fantasy-Sonata, Night Pieces now available via Hal Leonard
Some of William Bolcom’s earliest and most complex piano solos are now available in an excellent volume featuring new engravings and explanatory and programmatic notes by the composer.
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New York Times - "a feisty, colorful account of Bolcom’s fantastical, blues-tinged Trombone Concerto"
Anthony Tommasini's review of the Dec. 28 NYC Philharmonic concert praised the new concerto featuring Joseph Alessi, who played "dazzlingly."
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