Review: The Exterminating Angel
Guess who’s coming dinner — and never leaving? In the case of composer Thomas Adès’s new opera, The Exterminating Angel, the answer is: everyone. The…
Browsing: Concert Reviews
Yannick and the Orchestre Métropolitain: A Grand Finale in Paris
PARIS – Ever seen a conductor cry on stage? I mean, other than Leonard Bernstein? We can add to this exclusive list the name of…
OM Concert at the Elbphilharmonie was Hamburg Heaven
HAMBURG – “Suche Karte.” Seeking ticket. This is always a good sign, quite literally, in German-speaking lands, where it is common to advertise your unhappy…
Hot Saint, Holy Sinner – Massenet’s Thaïs at the Met
REVIEW: of the Metropolitan Opera presentation of Thaïs by Jules Massenet and Louis Gallet (viewed November 22, 2017). A colorful operatic mélange of piety and…
OM with Yannick in Europe: “It is something physical that becomes metaphysical”
The lobby of the Cologne Philharmonie. CDs arrayed on a table. Subscribers to the Internationale Orchester series looking them over with quiet curiosity. “This is…
An Energetic Mozart’s Requiem
Mozart: Symphony no. 29 in A major Mozart: Requiem Mass in D Minor Société Philarmonique du Nouveau Monde Choeur philarmonique du nouveau monde Michel Brousseau,…
Philip Glass’s Dracula, Before All Souls
Dracula (1931) with Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet Philip Glass on keyboard Mike Rossi on keyboard and Conductor Dan Bora, Sound Design Kronos Quartet…
A Dream Amidst the Ashes – Opéra de Montréal’s Beautiful Cenerentola
REVIEW: of La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini (libretto by Jacopo Ferretti) at l’Opéra de Montréal (viewed opening night, November 11, 2017 at Montreal’s Place des…
Concert Reviews
Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano, Anthony Manoli, piano – 5 stars October 22, Grand Théâtre de Québec Performance 10/10 Take 1 What you missed: Canadian diva…
Sondra Radvanovsky gives a flawless recital
Sondra Radvanovsky gives a flawless recital By Adrian Rodriguez Reviewing a concert given by an artist with a voice like the stentorian soprano Sondra Radvanosky has, is a very difficult…
