Archive for November, 2008
Fleming soars in Strauss songs
Is there a finer wedding of voice to composer today than Renee Fleming to Richard Strauss? The opulence, radiant tone, and strain of sadness in [...]
Sun Nov 30, 2008
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Dances with two pianos, somewhat out of step
The Miami International Piano Festival is largely a spring entity with its Broward and Miami Beach events taking place in March and May, respectively. Yet [...]
Sat Nov 29, 2008
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Weak start, moving finish for second-cast Violetta
Over the years, Florida Grand Opera has occasionally booked second principals for some performances. But for the first time this season, the company has embarked [...]
Wed Nov 26, 2008
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Refined Mahler from a Dutch master
CHICAGO: Like many a top-tier American ensemble, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has seen significant evolution in the last decade. Yet even with several key personnel [...]
Tue Nov 25, 2008
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Serial man-killer
CHICAGO: “Someone could write an intriguing opera about her,” muses the composer Alwa about the deadly temptress Lulu. Of course, someone did, and Alban Berg’s [...]
Mon Nov 24, 2008
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Ades leads New World in bracing blast of the modern
If anyone still doubts the standing and international renown of the New World Symphony, all they need do is consider Saturday night’s event at the [...]
Sun Nov 23, 2008
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Death becomes the Firebird Chamber Orchestra
The Firebird Chamber Orchestra appears to be settling into its home at the Adrienne Arsht Center, and the smart, venturesome program presented Friday night — [...]
Sat Nov 22, 2008
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15 illegal minutes with Thomas Ades
It is almost nine o’clock on the east coast, and three hours earlier in Los Angeles. Thomas Ades has just finished a rehearsal with the [...]
Thu Nov 20, 2008
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“Porgy and Bess” scores a triumph in belated Chicago debut
CHICAGO —It took a long pull to get here — more than seven decades — but like its crippled, determined protagonist, George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess [...]
Wed Nov 19, 2008
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Pianist Prats and Singing Sons best in mixed SOA concert
It’s always a pleasure to hear Cuban-born pianist Jorge Luis Prats. Not only is his technique the equal of any pianist around today, but his [...]
Wed Nov 19, 2008
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Vivaldi rarities on display at St. Paul’s
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Delray Beach has been providing classical music in its sanctuary for a couple decades now, but the current season marks [...]
Mon Nov 17, 2008
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Sumptuous “Traviata” kicks off season with Verdian drama and radiant vocalism
Florida Grand Opera opened its 68th season Saturday at the Ziff Ballet Opera House on a night with more original elements than within recent memory: [...]
Sun Nov 16, 2008
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Chorale opens new era with impressive “Elijah”
The Master Chorale of South Florida’s performances of Mendelssohn’s Elijah were scheduled before his appointment, but Joshua Habermann could hardly have wanted a more challenging [...]
Sat Nov 15, 2008
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Hometown favorite Gutierrez to open opera season in “Traviata”
Eleven years ago, a young woman arrived in Miami from Havana, and while singing in the Florida Grand Opera chorus for three years, became a [...]
Thu Nov 13, 2008
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Chamber Soloists present intimate take on Mahler and Tchaikovsky
Song was central to the art of Gustav Mahler, and he built huge orchestral structures out of music that began as one piano, one [...]
Mon Nov 10, 2008
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Violinist Gluzman provides spark to mixed American program
It proved a bit of serendipitous scheduling that in the wake of this past week’s historic election, the New World Symphony offered a program of [...]
Sun Nov 09, 2008
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Chorale’s new master a popular choice
When one considers American cultural destinations like New York, Boston, and Chicago, it’s clear that even with an entity like the New World Symphony, Miami [...]
Fri Nov 07, 2008
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American music, aptly, on tap this weekend
It wasn’t planned that way but this week’s historic presidential election provides a bit of serendipitous timing for an aptly celebratory program of American music.
Alasdair [...]
Fri Nov 07, 2008
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Beethoven at Basel
The New World Symphony has added two all-Beethoven events to its December schedule, with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the orchestra during Art Basel weekend.
MTT [...]
Fri Nov 07, 2008
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Gergiev and Mariinsky mix it up at Kravis
This has been an important year for a reassessment of the work of Sergei Prokofiev, with the Mark Morris Dance Group reviving the original version [...]
Wed Nov 05, 2008
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