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 ...

Appointed to his post by Daniel Barenboim in 1994, Ridenour held the same position with the CSO for 31 seasons, playing with ...

Whatever troubling things may have been going on in the world outside, Symphony Hall was enveloped in a pink cloud of hope and gratitude Thursday night, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed ...

San Francisco Opera became Hollywood by the Bay as the company unveiled the war opera Two Women (La Ciociara), composed and co-written by Marco Tutino, Saturday night at the War Memorial Opera House.

When Luc Bondy’s production of Tosca first opened in 2009, the staging suffered from direct comparison with the frilly but well-loved Zeffirelli production that it replaced. Occasionally a new cast ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Paul Curran’s production of La Donna del Lago opened at Santa Fe Opera in 2013, it was met with widespread acclaim. His simple, hillside set capitalized on the festival’s outdoor setting, leaving ...

The annual Ravinia Women’s Board Gala has a place in musical lore as the occasion in 1999 when a 17-year-old pianist debuted to clamorous popular and critical acclaim as a last minute sub for the ...

One can’t accuse the Ravinia Festival of wrapping this summer season with an easy-going evening of Beethoven or Tchaikovsky. Rather, the populist multi-genre music festival closed its classical season ...

One Response to “Ravinia’s impassioned “Aida” a Verdi night to remember” Posted Aug 07, 2013 at 1:44 am by Zoya Bravo, James Conlon! His choice is very right; the humane composing is the most ...

It took a village—five countries, really—to give birth to the new production of Verdi’s Falstaff, which opened at the Metropolitan Opera Friday night. Shared with Covent Garden, La Scala, the Canadian ...