Shining Hours: Kevin Puts’ New Opera at the Philadelphia Orchestra (for Parterre Box)
Dramaturgically, The Hours is a mixed bag: I wouldn’t discard it, but I would want to fix it. But simply as an evening of gorgeous music, it’s cordon bleu.
REVIEW: Out of the Blue: Porgy and Bess at the Philadelphia Orchestra (for Parterre Box)
Even in a concert performance, soprano Angel Blue’s radiance and warmth shine through.
REVIEW: Music for Moderns — Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Orchestre Métropolitain (for Parterre Box)
They came, saw, and conquered… and I hope they return soon.
REVIEW: Quando le serre senza Placido: Philadelphia Orchestra’s Opening Night (for Parterre Box)
Domingo was out and Audra was in, as the Philadelphia Orchestra opens its season. Cameron and David were there…
REVIEW: Lenny Thing Goes: Candide at the Philadelphia Orchestra (for Parterre Box)
Yannick and this magnificent orchestra were born for Bernstein.
REVIEW: Lenny and God: Philadelphia Orchestra’s Music of Faith (for Parterre Box)
Together, Bernstein’s Kaddish and Rossini’s Stabat Mater made for one of Philadelphia Orchestra’s finest concerts in recent memory.
Emmanuel Labor: Two Messiahs in Philadelpha (for Parterre Box)
Two highly satisfying evenings, more evenly drawn than I had expected.
Tosca, Starring the Philadelphia Orchestra (for Parterre Box)
The “semi-staging” seen here delivers less theater than no staging at all.
REVIEW: Philadelphia Orchestra’s Messiah Rings Out the Year
Conductor Cristian Macelaru’s middle-of-the-road approach has glorious moments, but doesn’t quite cohere dramatically.
Salome — Philadelphia Orchestra / Opera Philadelphia (8 May 2014)
Sometimes even in opera, it’s the orchestra that earns top billing. So it was on Thursday night, in a collaborative, semi-staged production […]
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