SFCV’s writers report on topics relevant to the Los Angeles area. Review John Adams’s Girls of the Golden West Gets a Definitive Recording Richard S. Ginell - July 1, 2024 This version of the opera, captured in concerts with the LA Phil last year, improves on any live performance. Music News CAP UCLA’s Modernist Season, From James Joyce to Pierre Boulez Tom Jacobs - July 1, 2024 The arts presenter at UCLA continues its eclectic, avant-grade approach to programming in 2024 and 2025. Review There’s Nothing Dry About PARTCH Ensemble Lev Mamuya - June 25, 2024 With an array of specially constructed instruments, this group celebrates originality and innovation and puts on a great show at REDCAT. Feature Forever Fauré: Rediscovering a French Master Tom Jacobs - June 24, 2024 To mark the 100th anniversary of the composer’s death, cellist Steven Isserlis is launching a performance project with all-star collaborators. Preview New Hollywood String Quartet Takes a Trip to Bohemia Tom Jacobs - June 24, 2024 The ensemble’s annual summer festival is back at the Doheny Mansion with a focus on Dvořák, Janáček, and fellow Czech composers. Review The Industry Does Two Operas at Once in The Comet / Poppea Lev Mamuya - June 17, 2024 Played simultaneously on a rotating turntable, the double production invites speculation on power relations and much more. Preview The Possibilities for the Human Voice Are Endless at Los Angeles’ N.E.O. Festival Victoria Looseleaf - June 17, 2024 The annual week of concerts and workshops led by the Resonance Collective offers singers the opportunity to experiment. Feature Ojai 2024 Combines Classic and Contemporary Like Never Before Jim Farber - June 16, 2024 Music Director Mitsuko Uchida uses her Mozart chops to program a festival that, as usual, is wonderfully out of the ordinary. Artist Spotlight Yuval Sharon Says Sci-Fi and Opera Are Similar Victoria Looseleaf - June 11, 2024 In the director’s latest opus, a vintage W.E.B. Du Bois story and a classic Baroque opera collide. Here’s why they go together. Review At REDCAT, Magdalene’s Multiple Perspectives Are Uniquely Compelling Lev Mamuya - June 11, 2024 Beth Morrison Projects commissioned 14 composers to work on this operatic setting of Marie Howe’s book of poems about womanhood. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 … Next › Next page Last » Last page