Peter Brook has been called “our greatest living theatre director”, so his inclusion in The Kennedy Center’s “Spotlight on Directors” series is a straightforward one. Nonetheless, it is not... Read more
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s “Petrushka” on Saturday night was a masterclass in ‘how to do’ orchestral music. An exciting and intelligent program, a captivating soloist and flawless pl... Read more
I hope that – from time to time – everyone else has the nagging concern that they might secretly be ‘a Mrs. Miller’, because I certainly do. A housewife from Claremont, Californi... Read more
The time is the present, the place a ‘sacred site’. Part religious rite, part parable, part Gospel musical and part Greek tragedy, “The Gospel at Colonus” is a rich tapestry, and yet,... Read more
The caricature of classical music is that it is ‘serious’ music. The serious conductor conducts the serious musicians, while the audience looks on, seriously. Revealing the lie of this, Nich... Read more
Gaveaux’s opera comique “Léonore, ou L’Amour conjugal” has become something of a historical footnote to Beethoven over the years. Wildly popular in late to post-revolutionary France, its lib... Read more
Both the Artistic Director of Arena Stage, Molly Smith, and the director of their powerful new production, “Watch on the Rhine”, Jackie Maxwell, emphasize the importance of conte... Read more
Finegan Kruckemeyer’s “At Sea, Staring Up” is about the in-between places. The place – physical and emotional – between people, the place between the real and the unreal, the pla... Read more
The planned Parisian premiere of Enrique Granados’ one-act opera “Goyescas” was canceled because of World War I, opening instead at The Met in 1916. It was so positively received that the co... Read more
Ivo Van Hove’s “A View From the Bridge” is flawless theatre. It is visceral, detailed, and beautifully wrought with acute clarity of intent and singularity of vision. Arthur Miller’s 1955 pl... Read more
