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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BWW Review: BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA IN A MAHLER GROOVE at David Geffen Hall At Lincoln Center
Mahler's audiences have ridden tsunamis of emotions and the musicians who play his music experience tsunamis of notes.
BWW Review: UC San Diego Honors The Music And Influence Of Chou Wen-chung at the Conrad Prebys Music Center
Composer Chou Wen-chung, who died recently at the age of 96, was honored at the most recent 'red fish blue fish' percussion concert.
BWW Review: CLASSICAL (RE)VISION at San Francisco Ballet Offers a Sparkling Program of Contemporary Dance
How lucky we are to be living in the age of Mark Morris! My first thought watching San Francisco Ballet's opening night performance of their a?oeClassical (Re)Visiona?? program was a?oeGod, they're good!a?? SF Ballet presents a sparking and varied program of contemporary ballet that will leave you s
BWW Review: ORCHESTRA OF ST LUKE'S at Carnegie Hall Feb 6
Bernard Labadie led the Orchestra of St Luke's in a well-curated program of magnificent Baroque music Thursday night.
BWW Review: THE PAJAMA GAME at Opéra De Rennes
After the concert version of West Side Story and an extensive tour of the musical Bells Are Ringing, director Jean Lacornerie and musical director Gérard Lecointe have chosen to collaborate again, delivering to the French public a comparatively little known musical of the 50s, The Pajama Game, whic
BWW REVIEW: SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY: EDO DE WAART CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN at The Jacobs Music Center
Beethoven was born 250 years ago, and the world has been honoring the anniversary with a deluge of the great composer's music.
BWW Review: LA FILLE DU REGIMENT at Winter Opera St. Louis
Winter Opera St.
BWW Review: WHEN THERE ARE NINE at KC Lyric Opera
'And Still We Dream' song cycle carries most of the weight of this rather thin production.
BWW Review: TŌN WITH TAN DUN! at Jazz At Lincoln Center
The Orchestra Now (TŌN) gave a stunning performance of works by Stravinsky, Debussy, Bartok, and Tan Dun on Sunday, December 15th 2019.
BWW Review: ANDREA BOCELLI at Capital One Arena
As a reviewer you hear lots of advance hype about a particular show or performer before having your own experience.
BWW Review: SAN DIEGO OPERA'S AMAZING NIGHT at At The Balboa Theatre
The San Diego Opera's first Detour Series performance this season was 'One Amazing Night' with Soprano Ailyn Pérez, tenor Joshua Guerrero and accompanist Abdiel Vázquez.
BWW Review: Pacific Opera Project Presents A Cleverly Modern La bohème AKA “The Hipsters”
In the fifth incarnation of POP's trademark production, a new batch of hand-crafted, vegan, organically-sourced hipsters take the stage for what is quickly becoming an annual Los Angeles holiday tradition.
BWW Review: SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY: LING CONDUCTS PROKOFIEV & DVORÁK at At The Jacobs Music Center
The San Diego Symphony Orchestra's Conductor Laureate Jahja Ling returned again for multiple performances this season.
BWW Review: Tchaikovsky's QUEEN Reigns and a Star is Born at the Met
I know it takes a leap of faith for the Met to schedule something outside the ABC operas--AIDA, BOHEME, CARMEN plus a TOSCA, TURANDOT and a few others--and go for something a little more off the beaten track.
Photos/Reviews: THE QUEEN OF SPADES at the Metropolitan Opera, New York
Get a first look and check out reviews for the Met Opera's The Queen of Spades! Tchaikovsky's eerie thriller of imperial Russia has its first performances at the Met since 2011.
BWW Review: GUSTAVO DUDAMEL AND THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC PLAY BRUCKNER at Geffen Hall At Lincoln Center
No one knows what is going on underneath the modest exterior.
BWW Review: COSI FAN TUTTE Meets GREASE At The Juilliard School
Of numerous operaphiles I have encountered, there is a fair amount of partisanship when it comes to COSI FAN TUTTE by Mozart.
BWW Review: DVOŘÁK'S NEW WORLD Picks Up Slack in Symphony Concert
Sometimes orchestras program pieces to meet popular demand, and at other times, they program works to meet expectations or fulfill a sense of obligation.
BWW Review: TRAVIATA at Opera WROCLAW - Feel The Breath Of The Universe
Have you ever wandered why two cheesecakes based on one recipe are slightly different? Even tough you use the same flour, sugar and cheese the taste is not the same.
BWW Review: Austin Opera Dazzles With RIGOLETTO
Austin Opera's latest effort, Verdi's, RIGOLETTO dazzles in every way.
BWW Review: PAYARE AND SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY CONTINUE BEETHOVEN CELEBRATION at The Jacobs Music Center
The programming for Rafael Payare's first season as the San Diego Symphony's music director and conductor anticipates next year's celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth.
BWW Review: PARLANDO NEW YORK DEBUT at Merkin Hall
Auspicious debuts seem to be in the air in NYC this fall.
BWW Review: NJ SYMPHONY PERFORMS GRIEG AND BRAHMS at Bergen PAC
Composer Jean-Féry Rebel was something of a rebel (sorry could not resist) in late 17th and early 18th century France for his use of unusual often dissonant harmony.
BWW Review: RAFAEL PAYARE CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN AND TCHAIKOVSKY at The Jacobs Music Center
Rafael Payare's honeymoon with the San Diego symphony orchestra has barely begun, but I'm ready to predict a long and happy marriage.