BWW Review: P R I S M at Los Angeles Opera
On January 28, 2021, Los Angeles Opera streamed a newly filmed version of Roxie Perkins and Ellen Reid’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera p r i s m.
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BWW Review: SOLDIER SONGS, THE MOVIE
Soldier Songs is a filmed opera that tells about the life and memories of a returning soldier.
BWW Review: Arizona Opera Presents STUDIO SPOTLIGHT CONCERT
On Saturday evening, December 19, 2020, Arizona Opera premiered its third Studio Spotlight Series Concert online at no charge.
BWW Review: AMICI E RIVALI at CD Review
the two tenors take on the roles of sparring tenors who clearly get along musically and, by all accounts, personally as well
BWW Review: SAN DIEGO OPERA'S LA BOHEME at Pechanga Arena Parking Lot
A connoisseur's bravos replaced by honkin' horns and flashin' headlights? Puccini's La bohème staged in a parking lot? Such is opera performance in an age of COVID-19.
BWW CD Review: AMERICAN COMPOSERS AT PLAY
Releasing a CD of vocal works entirely made up of 20th and 21st century composers is a brave and bold effort on his part.
BWW Review: LOTS OF STRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL WITH MEMBERS OF ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA at The Rooftop Parking Area At Morris Museum
Under the benign gaze of Saturn, Jupiter, and a bright half -moon, a small ensemble of instrumentalists from the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra performed their final concert of three under the stars at the Morris Museum in Morristown NJ on Saturday, October 24.
BWW Review: ORPHEUS AT LOTS OF STRINGS at Morris Museum, Morristown NJ
2020 has not exactly been a stellar year for…very much at all.
BWW Review: A TRIBUTE TO LEON FLEISHER
The word legendary can be used loosely, but as Brian Ganz demonstrates in a tribute concert to his long-time teacher and world-famous pianist Leon Fleisher, in this case not only is the description deserving but can be applied in many different spheres.
BWW Review: ROMEO AND JULIET Virtually With Grand Rapids Symphony and Grand Rapids Ballet.
Grand Rapids Symphony presents Romeo and Juliet, the first of three new shows in the 2020 Season.
BWW Review: LUCAS AND IRINA MEACHEM RECITAL
Baritone Lucas Meachem and his wife, pianist Irina Meachem, sang an aria-filled recital on to open the Merola Opera Program Recital Series September 27, 2020.
BWW Review: PAAVO JÄRVI CONDUCTS THE PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA, Royal Albert Hall
Accentuating agony across three erasa?? worth of works, Paavo Järvi conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra unsettlingly in both good and bad ways.
BWW Review: RUSSELL THOMAS LIVING ROOM RECITAL
On Monday, August 10, 2020, I listened to tenor Russell Thomas and collaborative pianist Kyung-mi Kima??s a?oeLiving Room Recitala?? for Los Angeles Opera.
BWW Review: HERSHEY FELDER'S BEETHOVEN LIVE STREAM at Florence, Italy
BWW Review: HERSHEY FELDER'S BEETHOVEN LIVE STREAM at Florence, Italy
BWW Review: “SONGS OF SUMMER” WITH SHELLY TRAVERSE at McCaw Hall
Seattle Opera's innovative 'Songs of Summer' recital series has been bringing some of the company's most valued singers to an electronic stage
BWW Review: RUSALKA at Des Moines Metro Opera and Iowa PBS: A Journey to the Depths of the Sea and Back.
Last week Des Moines Metro Opera (DMMO) and Iowa Public Broadcasting Service started the 2020 Virtual Opera season with a stunning airing of 'Manon.
BWW Review: Des Moines' MANON Is a Welcome Journey Taken From Your Own Couch
Opera companies worldwide have found themselves canceling their seasons, including Des Moines Metro Opera (DMMO).
BWW Review: ASPECT CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES PRESENTS A MAGICAL EVENING at Bohemian National Hall
With the world in growing turmoil, what we need is Music, Tales and Magic, which is just what the ASPECT Chamber Music presented on March 11, 2020.
BWW Review: THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY HONORS BRITISH COMPOSERS At The Jacobs Music Center
British guest conductor Bramwell Tovey led the San Diego Symphony Orchestra in authoritative performances of William Walton's Crown Imperial (Coronation March), Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto and the Enigma Variations of Edward Elgar.
BWW Review: THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY PRESENTS SIBELIUS at The Jacobs Music Center
Conductor Eun Sun Kim is the recently named musical director of the San Francisco Opera.
BWW Review: Washington National Opera's SAMSON AND DELILAH at the Kennedy Center
Bad haircuts can be tragic, but none more so than for Samson, the Biblical figure whose strength was sapped the moment his mullet was gone.
BWW Review: DON GIOVANNI at Washington National Opera
Some unclear choices keep a beautifully-designed and often well-sung GIOVANNI from making the impact it intends to.
BWW Review: 'FRENCH IMPRESSIONS' WITH THE CALIDORE STRING QUARTET and the ASPECT CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES at Bohemian National Hall
The ASPECT Chamber Music Series presents concerts in an unusual format, one which transforms (according to their literature) “the traditional recital into an intimate, engaging and thought-provoking blend of performance, speech and image.
BWW Review: THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY PRESENTS BEETHOVEN & SHOSTAKOVICH at Symphony Hall in the Jacobs Music Center
Beethoven was born 250 years ago.
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American Composers Orchestra: Hello, America: We Gather Here at Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall (10/27-10/27) |
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Carnegie Hall Presents: Santiago Cañón-Valencia and Victor Santiago Asuncion Carnegie Hall (11/10-11/10) |
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American Composers Orchestra: New Virtuoso: Low End Theory at Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall (3/18-3/18) |