Reviews

Steven Winn - August 6, 2018

Merola Opera stages Stravinsky’s neoclassical masterwork, and succeeds in the end.

Andrew Gilbert - July 31, 2018

The alto sax legend, who recently turned 79, plays the final week of the Stanford Jazz Festival.

David Bratman - July 31, 2018

The music festival dedicates a recital to the much-neglected viola.

Ilana Walder-Biesanz - July 30, 2018

Delightful productions of Orfeo ed Euridice and Rossini’s La Cenerentola are staged on consecutive evenings.

David Bratman - July 27, 2018

The chamber music festival’s virtual tour stops for Bach and Schumann in Saxony.

Jeff Kaliss - July 27, 2018

Four composers’ treatments of Dickinson poems are featured on a recent CD.

Janos Gereben - July 24, 2018

Rarities and a West-Coast premiere highlight two centuries of music from Russia’s cultural hub.

Ilana Walder-Biesanz - July 23, 2018

Merola’s burgeoning young professionals give Mozart’s seldom-heard Il re pastore a worthwhile hearing.

Tysen Dauer - July 23, 2018

Despite some rough edges, a concert of Glass’s solo piano music is intellectually and musically engaging.

Jim Farber - July 20, 2018

Conductor Speranza Scappuci and soloist Ray Chen bring glitz and glamor to their outing with the LA Phil in the famed venue.