Music

Form Over Function: Anika Kildegaard in Recital at PCMS (for Parterre Box)

A consideration of Anika Kildegaard’s extraordinary recital in Philadelphia—and the oddity of recitals themselves.

Rossini’s relative rarity gets a splashy if not wholly coherent production at Opera Philadelphia.

In top form, the Met musicians gave rich voice to each selection.. especially the Dvořák.

I’d never imagined spending 10 hours with TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, but such is the magic of this event.

A musically strong, theatrically questionable production closes the Opera Philadelphia season.

Morley and Moore in a mixed program, brilliantly conceived and superbly performed.

Emma Griffin’s “Go big or go home” production scores a win for Bernstein’s musical/operetta.

The American debut of a truly great singer and recitalist is cause for rejoicing.

Opera took center stage on the final weekend of the Philadelphia Orchestra season.

This superb production by Curtis Opera Theatre would be a credit to any opera company anywhere.