Performances
Lang Lang shows top artistry as well as fireworks at Lyric Opera of Chicago recital – May 14, 2012
The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s regular season may have ended in March, but the house was filled to capacity Saturday night — not for [...]
Tilson Thomas, New World Symphony wrap season with moving, magnificent Mahler – May 06, 2012
At the conclusion of the New World Symphony’s magnificent performance of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony Saturday evening, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas stood facing the orchestra, [...]
The Met closes season with a memorable “Billy Budd” – May 05, 2012
The 2013 bicentennials of Verdi and Wagner are already spawning miles of verbiage and clogging up the schedules of opera companies large and small. [...]
After a mixed start, Haitink’s Stravinsky and Beethoven program wraps Boston Symphony season on a high note – May 04, 2012
Appropriately for a program of works that are famous for how they end, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s performances Thursday night of Stravinsky’s Symphony of [...]
Mattila provides ageless artistry in Met’s masterful “Makropulos Case” – Apr 30, 2012
A sexy heroine endowed with the sort of supernatural powers currently fashionable on TV. Bickering lawyers the white-collar audience can relate to. And a [...]
Chicago Opera Theater wraps Medea cycle with a supremely stylish and well sung “Teseo” – Apr 23, 2012
When last we left Medea, she had murdered her children and burned Corinth to the ground. What can a sorceress do for an encore? [...]
Chanticleer’s Florida program showcases their eclectic style and distinctive sound – Apr 19, 2012
For three decades Chanticleer has traversed the a capella choral repertoire, singing everything from Renaissance and Baroque motets to the latest pop standards. The [...]
Upshaw, Australian Chamber Orchestra, provide heartfelt advocacy for new song cycle – Apr 17, 2012
Give the Australian Chamber Orchestra credit for daring. Staying away from the usual string ensemble chestnuts, artistic director Richard Tognetti led his colleagues in [...]
Chicago Opera Theater’s lively young cast shines in Shostakovich’s charming “Moscow, Cheryomushki” – Apr 16, 2012
It’s ironic that a musical about the Soviet housing crisis and shoddy construction was nearly done in Saturday night by a malfunctioning elevator. One [...]
Josefowicz dazzles in Salonen’s Violin Concerto with Boston Symphony Orchestra – Apr 14, 2012
You wouldn’t have known it from the advertising for this week’s Boston Symphony Orchestra’s concert, but Esa-Pekka Salonen was making his BSO debut Thursday [...]
