The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Classical Music.
Yes, a grand opera was inserted at Belk Theater as the clock or calendar was winding down! Around the world, Callas, Nilsson, and Sutherland are among the divas who have graced the powerhouse role of TURANDOT, and Franco Zeffirelli's production at the Met is as revered for its stateliness and splend
What did our critic think of COLORS BY DANIEL TEMKIN at Church Of The Intersession?
Programming is a key element in the lifeblood of every symphony orchestra.
What did our critic think of SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS PRESENTS DRAG ME TO THE MOVIES! at Davies Symphony Hall?
What did our critic think of PLAY/WRITE at Planet M Records? There is much to unpack here in the way of unique sounds, colors and vibrations
Read BroadwayWorld's review of Stephen Hough with the San Diego Symphony at San Diego Civic Center Theater.
There’s an awful lot of death in opera, Timothy O’Leary, the general director of Washington National Opera, lamented on a recent opening night.
What did our critic think of NJSO PERFORMS STRAUSS, VIVALDI AND ESMAIL AT NJPAC at NJPAC?
Arizona Opera's revival of Charles Gounod’s ROMEO ET JULIETTE is, by all measures, a triumph of staging and performance.
Winter Opera continues it’s seventeenth season with another iconic operetta—Victor Herbert’s Naughty Marietta.
It is as visually rich as it is aurally.
If this concert didn’t convince newcomers to classical music that they’d been missing out, nothing will.
What did our critic think of THE ANONYMOUS LOVER at Boston Lyric Opera?
Edo de Waart opened a conservative program of J.
What did our critic think of VOICE OF NATURE: THE ANTHROPOCENE at Symphony Hall? With her sold-out Celebrity Series of Boston performance this past Sunday at Symphony Hall, Renée Fleming offered a splendid reminder, although none is needed, of why she is widely considered to be the preeminent Ameri
Audra McDonald has (at least) four voices--Broadway, jazz, opera, blues--not to mention six Tonys.
The San Diego Symphony was at a little more than half its usual size, but with a near full complement of strings, and Raphael Payare conducted with great feeling and passion.
Leon Botstein, Music Director of the American Symphony Orchestra, has made it the orchestra’s mission to present lesser-known orchestral and choral works.
Two contemporary compositions provided the framework for the haunting, ebullient Symphony No.
Sometimes it doesn't take much to make a reviewer happy and have an excellent musical experience.
What did our critic think of THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERFORMS IN THE CALIFORNIA FESTIVAL at The Rady Shell?
The New York Pops under the baton of Maestro Steven Reineke kicks off the 2023-2024 season at Carnegie Hall tonight.
Much shorter than Richard Eyre’s three-hour plus version for the ROH, Peter Konwitschny’s La Traviata perhaps should be renamed La Trav or L’ Abbreviata.
What did our critic think of THE LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY PRESENTS AN ALL-STAR TRIO at The Conrad?
The Britten Sinfonia is unusual in the world of professional orchestras, in that they don’t have the now-traditional principal conductor as their figurehead, instead choosing to collaborate with leading exponents of the field.
