BWW Reviews: Arvo Pärt Triumphant at Carnegie Hall
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir perform music of Arvo Part at Carnegie Hall to enthusiastic crowd.
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BWW Reviews: FANTASIA at SF Symphony
Classical music and drawn animation might be considered things of the past, but they had glorious relevance at the Davies Symphony Hall this past weekend.
BWW Reviews: OTSL's MAGIC FLUTE Delights St. Louis
Opera Theatre of St.
BWW Reviews: Philadelphia's Piffaro Scores A Hit With Its PRISONERS AND PENITENTS Season Close
The internationally noted Renaissance ensemble performed music to lament one's fate by, inside one of Pennsylvania's most historic prisons.
BWW Reviews: Bernard Haitink Conquers the NY Philharmonic in Mahler's 3rd Symphony
Bernard Haitink conducts the NY Philharmonic in Mahler's 3rd Symphony
BWW Reviews: Michael Pink Conjures A Majestic Masterpiece in MIRROR, MIRROR
Michael Pink's World Premiere Mirror, Mirror conjures a spell that leaves the audience speechless except for the applause of a standing ovation in Uhlien Hall at Milwaukee's Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.
BWW Reviews: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Pays Tribute to Kander and Ebb with ALL THAT JAZZ at Strathmore
Stellar vocalists and instrumentalists deliver a fine and worthy tribute to John Kander and Fred Ebb.
BWW Reviews: NICHOLAS PARNELL VIBES VIRTUOSO Is a Wide Ranging Collection of Fine Music
Nicholas Parnell has taken the vibraphone as his own, developing an impressive technique and a significant following as a soloist.
BWW Reviews: WNO's THE MAGIC FLUTE is a Magical Experience, Musically and Visually
THE MAGIC FLUTE (Die Zauberflote), Mozart's last great work, is sometimes viewed as the precursor to musical theater.
BWW Reviews: WNO's Eye-Popping MAGIC FLUTE Casts a Musical Spell
A winner from start to finish, THE MAGIC FLUTE features Mozart's score, a delightful new translation, superb casting, and the stunning design work of Jun Kaneko.
BWW Reviews: Susan Graham in Recital with Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
No one likes cancellations, especially performers.
BWW Reviews: Soprano Karita Mattila Shimmers in Strauss's FOUR LAST SONGS at Carnegie Hall
Of all the music that Richard Strauss wrote during his long career—and he'd composed almost 60 songs and more than 40 piano works by the time he was 18—perhaps none are more gorgeous and moving than his FOUR LAST SONGS (VIER LETZTE LIEDER).
BWW Reviews: TANYA BANNISTER, THE INTIMATE CONCERTOS
Pianist Tanya Bannister has managed to do something very rare with her new CD.
BWW Reviews: Furlanetto Conquers La Mancha - With Dignity
For two magical hours, Ferruccio Furlanetto lifted an embattled San Diego Opera from its doldrums to the lofty heights only such an artist can invoke, in his exquisite rendering of Jules Massenet's noble, genteel Don Quixote.
BWW Reviews: Mainly Mozart Worships Schubert in Carlsbad
A cadre of chamber music's finest performers performed a program to please Schubert and Mozart lovers alike
BWW Reviews: I AM HARVEY MILK a Hit With Combined Chorus of St. Louis and Kansas City
The Heartland Men's Chorus and the Gateway Men's Chorus from St.
BWW Reviews: WOZZECK Redux - Levine and the Met Orchestra Show Vienna Who's Boss
When the Vienna State Opera visited New York at the end of February, it brought Alban Berg's WOZZECK to Carnegie Hall as part of the “Vienna: City of Dreams” festivities.
BWW Reviews: Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD Is a Killer at the New York Philharmonic
Like the young Anthony Hope in Stephen Sondheim's scintillating SWEENEY TODD, “I've sailed the world, beheld its wonders…,” with SWEENEY TODDs ranging from the original cast in New York, to an all-Japanese version in Tokyo, and have never failed to be thrilled by it.
BWW Reviews: Mandy Patinkin and Patti LuPone Join Baltimore Symphony's 2014-15 Season
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra previews next season with highlights.
BWW Reviews: Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Performs Beethoven, Barber and Bartok
New York City has lots of big attractions that people around the world are well aware of.
BWW Reviews: Carnegie Hall's Audience Votes for WOZZECK from Vienna State Opera
Was baritone Thomas Hampson looking for some last-minute pointers at last night's concert performance of Alban Berg's WOZZECK with the Vienna State Opera/Vienna Philharmonic under music director Franz Welser-Most at Carnegie Hall? If he did--his role debut at the Met is Thursday--then he came to the
BWW Reviews: Follow the Lieder, Part Two--JONAS KAUFMANN Conquers Carnegie
What does an opera singer do on his night off from singing the title role in Massenet's WERTHER in a new production at the Metropolitan? If he's the charismatic wunder-tenor Jonas Kaufmann, he heads over to Carnegie Hall to conquer another world, with his recital debut in an evening of German art so
BWW Reviews: Fans of NEW YORK CITY BALLET 'See the Music' of Three 20th Century Violin Concertos
Balanchine once said, "See the music, hear the dance".
BWW Reviews: French-Greek Tenor George Perris Makes Sensational New York Debut
French-Greek Tenor George Perris makes sensational debut at Lincoln Center's Allen Room.