Music

DF Reviews Cabin in the Sky (Encores! Musicals in Concert)

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.

A few thoughts on today’s Turandot, which I saw via HD transmission… ** For years, I’ve been happy that the Met retained […]

Bizet’s wonderful early opera gets a surprisingly effective rethinking by director Penny Woolcock, and it’s beautifully sung.

Since my first posting on the final movement of the Mahler 4th Symphony, I’ve had a number of good conversations about the piece […]

Of my many changing identities (child, adult, student, working man) the one that’s lasted longest – and may be the deepest in […]

Cabaret, perhaps our most intimate live art form, gets a new series – and a new venue – courtesy of the Arden Theatre Company.

When a critic friend invited me to the Met Tosca, I jumped at the chance. I wanted another opportunity to hear Angela […]

I’m a great lover of Schubert, and I’ve attended a number of memorable Lieder recitals. Yet I haven’t been to many live performances of […]

Dramatist or melodramatist? The jury is still out on Lillian Hellman, whose play, The Children’s Hour, is onstage now at EgoPo, directed […]