Vänskä’s alert and atmospheric accompaniment was on the same level, textured yet subtle, letting the melodies unfold without going over the top in tuttis. Harpist Julie Spring contributed a superb ...

In a concluding ceremony Saturday evening, Aristo Sham, 29, of Hong Kong, China, was declared winner of the Gold Medal at the Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, ...

With multiple street closures and exits off the Drive shut down for a race in the Loop, audience members trying to get to Orchestra Hall Thursday night had nearly as arduous a journey as the one that ...

It was “Last call, gentlemen!” Friday night for three of the six finalists in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, as that event neared its conclusion with the penultimate concerto night ...

Aaron Engebreth and Abagail Paschke in George Gershwin’s Of Thee I Sing, presented by Odyssey Opera. Photo: Kathy Wittman What has been harder to come by of late, and not just locally, are ...

Angel Stanislav Wang performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 on the first Finals night of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Tuesday night in Fort Worth. Photo: Ralph Lauer After two ...

When the current Chicago Symphony Orchestra season was announced last year, there was much excitement that Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust would be presented, conducted by Riccardo Muti. Many ...

Flora Hawk and Jonathan Michie star in the world premiere of Damien Geter’s Loving v. Virginia at Virginia Opera. Photo: Dave Pearson Virginia Opera is marking its golden anniversary season in the ...

Though the Boston Symphony Orchestra didn’t advertise it as such, Thursday night’s concert with Alan Gilbert at Symphony Hall was essentially an evening of premieres. There was, for one, the unveiling ...

One Response to “Santa Fe Opera rounds out comeback season with brilliant Verdi and Wagner” Posted Aug 23, 2022 at 1:29 pm by Joe I was in attendance last week for Carmen, M. Butterfly and Isolde and ...

For his final program as music director, Thierry Fischer leads the Utah Symphony in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 this weekend. Photo: Marco Borggreve Conductor Thierry Fisher was in a relaxed mood after ...