Sarah McLachlan’s singing, remarkably, hasn’t changed much in the past 20 years. There’s a startlingly intimate quality to her voice and to her music that’s virtually... Read more
“Other Life Forms,” now playing at the Keegan Theatre, is a profound examination of what it means to be human, as seen by someone who (probably) isn’t. The world premiere b... Read more
As a storm loomed outside on March 20, 2018, baritone Theo Hoffman and pianist Bradley Moore braved the wintry spring weather to present a program at the Kennedy Center called Abendphantasie... Read more
Vocal Arts DC’s Feb. 24 concert was a series of Lieder by Franz Schubert. Schubert, though he died before his 32nd birthday, left behind an impressive repertoire of music, including so... Read more
Vocal Arts DC’s Feb. 8 concert was a Liederabend, a series of German art songs, largely from the Romantic era. Thematically, the series told the stories of four women—Mignon, the waif... Read more
“Hamlet” is the longest Shakespeare play and certainly among the playwright’s most well-known. It tells the story of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, who returns home from univer... Read more
If you had gone into Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught’s recital at the Kennedy Center on Jan. 9 expecting a series of music from her homeland, you would have been sorely mistaken — Er... Read more
The June Rebellion of 1832 lasted all of two days, a short-lived revolution in Paris that had little lasting effect on the world of French politics. Its cultural impact has been much farther... Read more
At this time of year, as the days end earlier and the nights get darker, it’s easy for the world around us to seem a little more strange than usual. After all, it’s the time of year when a m... Read more
Vocal Arts DC’s Dec. 5 offering at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater featured Andrei Bondarenko, a Ukrainian baritone, and Gary Matthewman, a British pianist, performing a program exclusi... Read more
