Leonard Bernstein’s Mass (Philadelphia Orchestra, May 2015)
Sometimes, a cluster of events come along that really illustrates the strength of Philly’s current arts scene. Last week, I saw Edward […]
Dorothea Röschmann and Mitsuko Uchida (Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, April 2015)
I had the good fortune this week to attend one of the finest Lieder recitals I’ve heard in many years, by soprano […]
The Chocolate Soldier (Concert Operetta Theater, March 2015)
By the time I was of listening age (that is, in my early teens, around 1970), operetta performances, at least in the […]
Ariadne auf Naxos (Curtis Opera Theatre / Opera Philadelphia: Perelman Theater)
Every time I immerse myself in Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s Ariadne auf Naxos (and I do, often – decades ago, I even wrote […]
DF Reviews Lady, Be Good! (Encores, New York, February 2015)
Encores Musicals in Concert opened their current season – the 22nd, if I’m counting correctly – with exactly the kind of show […]
DF London/Paris Report — Un Ballo in Maschera (Covent Garden, 18 December 2014)
After our three-day jaunt to Paris, Simon and I returned to London, where we initially had no plans for music or theatre […]
DF London/Paris Report — Messiah at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (15 December 2014)
The evening following Clemenza, Simon and I headed back to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées for our second (and last) event in Paris […]
DF London/Paris Report — La Clemenza di Tito at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (14 December 2014)
After two days in London, we spent the next three in Paris, where highlights included back-to-back performances at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées – […]
DF London/Paris Report — Max Emanuel Cencic at Wigmore Hall (12 December 2014)
Our first trip abroad in a few years, and – truly a first – apart from opera, we didn’t attend any theatre […]
Thoughts on NBC’s Peter Pan
On Facebook, I offered a more-or-less ongoing (and more-or-less snarky) commentary about last night’s Peter Pan… but I want to recap my […]
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