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 […]
