Review: PRETTY WOMAN THE MUSICAL at Robinson Center
If you were lucky enough to see Celebrity Attraction’s national tour of Pretty Woman the Musical at Robinson Center, 426 West Markham St., in Little Rock, AR April 26-28, you are probably still dancing and humming like me.
Palm Beach Symphony Ends Season with all Beethoven Program
Palm Beach Symphony’s 50th Anniversary Season culminates with a program that celebrates Beethoven’s early work followed by one of his greatest works during the season finale at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on April 25 at 7:30 p.m. with Music Director Gerard Schwarz at the podium and piano virtuoso Ignat Solzhenitsyn.
Review: Fine Singing Makes RONDINE Easy to Swallow under Scappucci
The first night of the Met’s revival of Puccini’s LA RONDINE (THE SWALLOW) was filled with surprises of one sort or another, under the baton of that smart conductor, Speranza Scappucci. She knows her way around Puccini and deserves to be heard more frequently at the house. The production had glamour through Art Deco-ish scenic design by Ezio Frigerio, with lighting by Duana Schuler and costumes by Franca Squarciapino.
Review: Yahoo for Ermonela Jaho! at Palau de la Musica Tribute to Victoria de los Angeles
It’s hard to compete with a dazzling concert hall like Barcelona’s Palau de la Musica Catalana—designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, one of Antonio Gaudi’s contemporaries in the modernista style. Or, with the famed Catalan (yes, not Spanish) diva Victoria de los Angeles, a Met favorite, whose centenary was being celebrated. Nonetheless, Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho did quite impressively in her house debut at the Palau with the Franz Schubert Filharmonia under Tomas Grau.