Classical Music Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 27

BWW Reviews: TANYA BANNISTER, THE INTIMATE CONCERTOS
by Peter Danish - April 14, 2014

Pianist Tanya Bannister has managed to do something very rare with her new CD. She has taken the standard recital disc and remade it into something fresh and different. 'The Intimate Concertos' is a collection of three lesser known works (but certainly not lesser works) by Mozart, Chopin and Shubert...

BWW Reviews: Furlanetto Conquers La Mancha - With Dignity
by Erica Miner - April 07, 2014

For two magical hours, Ferruccio Furlanetto lifted an embattled San Diego Opera from its doldrums to the lofty heights only such an artist can invoke, in his exquisite rendering of Jules Massenet's noble, genteel Don Quixote....

BWW Reviews: Mainly Mozart Worships Schubert in Carlsbad
by Erica Miner - April 01, 2014

A cadre of chamber music's finest performers performed a program to please Schubert and Mozart lovers alike...

BWW Reviews: I AM HARVEY MILK a Hit With Combined Chorus of St. Louis and Kansas City
by Steve Wilson - March 30, 2014

The Heartland Men's Chorus and the Gateway Men's Chorus from St. Louis, Mo. united on Friday night March 29 at the Folly Theater in Kansas City, Mo. The combined chorus presented I Am Harvey Milk, with words and music by Andrew Lippa. The production brought together three guest conductors, Dustin ...

BWW Reviews: Triumphal March to Brilliance - Verdi's REQUIEM at San Diego Opera
by Erica Miner - March 21, 2014

Otello. Aida. Don Carlo. The comparisons are irresistible....

BWW Reviews: WOZZECK Redux - Levine and the Met Orchestra Show Vienna Who's Boss
by Richard Sasanow - March 19, 2014

When the Vienna State Opera visited New York at the end of February, it brought Alban Berg's WOZZECK to Carnegie Hall as part of the “Vienna: City of Dreams” festivities. With the big sound of the Vienna Philharmonic central to the concert performance, it set out to show what a quintessentially Vien...

BWW Reviews: Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD Is a Killer at the New York Philharmonic
by Richard Sasanow - March 08, 2014

Like the young Anthony Hope in Stephen Sondheim's scintillating SWEENEY TODD, “I've sailed the world, beheld its wonders…,” with SWEENEY TODDs ranging from the original cast in New York, to an all-Japanese version in Tokyo, and have never failed to be thrilled by it. But there was something about he...

BWW Reviews: Mandy Patinkin and Patti LuPone Join Baltimore Symphony's 2014-15 Season
by Charles Shubow - March 07, 2014

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra previews next season with highlights....

BWW Reviews: Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Performs Beethoven, Barber and Bartok
by Peter Danish - March 04, 2014

New York City has lots of big attractions that people around the world are well aware of. But New York City also has smaller gems that don't get the same attention but still shine just as brightly. The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony is one such gem. Last Sunday afternoon, this superb ensemble led ably...

BWW Reviews: Carnegie Hall's Audience Votes for WOZZECK from Vienna State Opera
by Richard Sasanow - March 03, 2014

Was baritone Thomas Hampson looking for some last-minute pointers at last night's concert performance of Alban Berg's WOZZECK with the Vienna State Opera/Vienna Philharmonic under music director Franz Welser-Most at Carnegie Hall? If he did--his role debut at the Met is Thursday--then he came to the...

BWW Reviews: Follow the Lieder, Part Two--JONAS KAUFMANN Conquers Carnegie
by Richard Sasanow - February 24, 2014

What does an opera singer do on his night off from singing the title role in Massenet's WERTHER in a new production at the Metropolitan? If he's the charismatic wunder-tenor Jonas Kaufmann, he heads over to Carnegie Hall to conquer another world, with his recital debut in an evening of German art so...

BWW Reviews: Fans of NEW YORK CITY BALLET 'See the Music' of Three 20th Century Violin Concertos
by Sondra Forsyth - February 24, 2014

Balanchine once said, "See the music, hear the dance". The audience at the Koch Theater on the afternoon of February 22nd 2014 had the opportunity to do exactly that when the works of three very different choreographers brought treasured violin concertos to life. Kudos to Concertmasters Arturo Delmo...

BWW Reviews: French-Greek Tenor George Perris Makes Sensational New York Debut
by Peter Danish - February 18, 2014

French-Greek Tenor George Perris makes sensational debut at Lincoln Center's Allen Room....

BWW Reviews: SF Symphony Hosts A NIGHT AT THE OSCARS
by Harmony Wheeler - February 17, 2014

"Beautiful." "Overwhelming." "Beyond description." All simple words to explain music and its connection to our souls. But Jon Burlingame has a natural, pleasant way of describing music. The leading writer and expert on film and television scores began San Francisco Symphony's Night at the Oscars wit...

BWW Reviews: Best Date Night Ever: San Diego Opera's ELIXIR OF LOVE
by Erica Miner - February 17, 2014

Once more, with feeling! This year's SDO Valentine offering, Donizetti's 1832 comic masterpiece, 'Elixir of Love,' echoed last season's midwinter love fest, the composer's 'Daughter of the Regiment.'...

BWW Reviews: Opera Philadelphia Presents Golijov's AINADAMAR
by Marakay Rogers - February 14, 2014

Opera Philadelphia presents its staging of Golijov's controversial short opera on Garcia Lorca...

BWW Reviews: DRUMS AND DVORAK Collide at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
by Jessica Dennett - February 13, 2014

The performance began with a Prelude video about Colin Currie who is a famed Percussionist and who was the guest performer of the evening. It was interesting but unnecessary, and a rather lack luster opening to the performance. Before any music gets played the Concertmaster walks onto the stage and ...

BWW Reviews: Michael W. Smith Shines at Kennedy Center Concert Debut
by Jennifer Perry - January 27, 2014

A rare concert event proved to be a must-see....

BWW Reviews: Baltimore Symphony's Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch Highlights Strength of His Music and Character
by Jennifer Perry - January 24, 2014

A heartfelt tribute to a great composer, one has to admire the musicianship on display at this concert....

BWW Reviews: Baltimore Symphony's 'Off the Cuff': Dvorak's New World Symphony
by Charles Shubow - January 17, 2014

Maestra Marin Alsop conducts a music appreciation evening for lovers of Dvoraks's 9th Symphony before a packed house....

BWW Reviews: Hartford Stage, Hartford Symphony Orchestra Collaborate on Dreamy MIDSUMMER NIGHT
by Lauren Yarger - January 10, 2014

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BWW Reviews: Modernist Score Releases Trials of Skylight's El Cimarrón
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - January 09, 2014

The truth in a story can move an audience to powerful reflection. The Skylight Music Theatre presents a brief production run of El Cimarron in the Studio Theatre to open 2014. A stage where the uncomfortable truth of slavery unfolds through the trials of a runaway Cuban slave, Esteban Montejo, and t...

BWW Reviews: WEST SIDE STORY Still Shows Many Faces
by Erica Miner - January 07, 2014

The day Leonard Bernstein died, a sense of gut-wrenching loss pervaded the musical world. Anyone who had watched and listened to his extraordinary music making could not help but be affected by his passion and reverence for music. Those of us lucky enough to have known and worked with him and availe...

BWW Reviews: Bernadette Peters' New Year's Eve Concert at the Eccles Center Was a Smashing Success
by Tyler Hinton - January 03, 2014

Bernadette Peters' New Year's Eve concert at the Eccles Center, presented by the Park City Institute, was a smashing success. The concert was a thoroughly entertaining opportunity to see a living legend do what she does best. An ovation is well deserved by the Park City Institute for treating Utah...

BWW Reviews: BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL Sings 'Happy Holidays' with NSO - What a Performance!
by Charles Shubow - December 13, 2013

NSO presents a wonderful holiday celebration....