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Curtain may fall on Florida Grand Opera performances in Fort Lauderdale – Jan 07, 2015
Florida Grand Opera is considering exiting from the Broward Center for the […]
Champagne goes a bit flat in Met’s new “Merry Widow” – Jan 02, 2015
In some ways, operetta seems a natural choice for a New […]
Geoffrey Gordon is second composer commissioned by the American Music Project – Dec 16, 2014
A Clarinet Quintet by Geoffrey Gordon is the second work commissioned […]
Yuja Wang delivers stunning artistry and blazing bravura in memorable Carnegie recital – Dec 15, 2014
Just as there are five-alarm fires, there are five-encore recitals, and […]
Lyric Opera’s uneven “Anna Bolena” lacks a sharp cutting edge – Dec 09, 2014
The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s opening performance of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena […]
Oboist Izotov leaving CSO for San Francisco Symphony – Dec 09, 2014
Eugene Izotov is leaving his post as principal oboe of the […]
Grand Torino: Noseda, inspired cast and Italian musicians hit the bullseye in a thrilling “William Tell” – Dec 05, 2014
The Teatro Regio Torino is steeped in tradition. Founded in 1740, […]
Met’s stolid “Meistersinger” fails to reach the high notes – Dec 04, 2014
In all the uproar over the alleged anti-semitism of John Adams’s […]
Lyric Opera has plenty of something with a moving, vocally resplendent “Porgy and Bess” – Nov 20, 2014
If George Gershwin has lived just five years more, what riches […]
After 20 years, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony are still coloring outside the lines – Nov 19, 2014
Nearly 41 years ago, a lanky 29-year-old stepped onto the stage […]
