Music

Thoughts on Barbra: Then & Now

As Encores is about to be released, I think about my love-hate relationship with La Streisand.

Pablo Heras-Casado led a propulsive performance that made a strong case for Beethoven’s problematic opera.

The Princeton Festival’s production of Benjamin Britten’s elliptical opera is an estimable achievement by any standard.

Opera, dance, theater, classical music, jazz and more in a Festival that runs through June 26.

The King and I star and Tony Award winner performs with Seth Rudetsky at the Merriam Theatre on Tuesday, June 14.

A crowd pleasing, musically expert production of Donizetti’s delightful comedy closes the season in style.

Richard Strauss’ funny, beautiful and moving last opera is superbly done in this co-production by Curtis Opera Theatre and Opera Philadelphia.

The 3,800 seat Metropolitan Opera may be a temple to music – but it’s not a recital hall. Increasingly, though, the company […]

It was inevitable and important that Encores would do Cabin in the Sky, the 1940 musical by Vernon Duke, John Latouche and Lynn […]

With Cold Mountain — a major new work, superbly performed — Opera Philadelphia makes another leap forward.