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Top Ten Performances of 2019
1. Riccardo Muti/Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s […]
Tue Dec 24, 2019
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Seraphic Fire to start season at the 12th century with Hildegard of Bingen
Many people, even some musicians, think that music history begins with […]
Mon Nov 04, 2019
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Critic’s Choice for 2019-20
Danill Trifonov with Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony. […]
Thu Sep 05, 2019
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Artists’ turbulent love affair takes the stage in FGO’s “Frida”
The opera stage is where passions, conflicts, and destinies that are […]
Thu Mar 14, 2019
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Top Ten Performances of 2018
1. Seraphic Fire and Patrick Quigley: Arvo Pärt’s Passio Patrick Dupré […]
Fri Dec 21, 2018
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Critic’s Choice for 2018-19 season
Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony. Mozart, Britten and Bruckner. October 20 […]
Mon Sep 03, 2018
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The state of Miami’s classical music scene: Part Two–A call for a new Miami orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra has reduced its annual Miami residency to two […]
Mon Jun 18, 2018
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The state of Miami’s classical music scene: Part One–The quiet death of Festival Miami
The announcement this past season that the Cleveland Orchestra has reduced […]
Mon Jun 11, 2018
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FGO to present “Florencia”–a modern opera with old-fashioned melodies
The company premiere of a contemporary opera usually means taking a […]
Wed Apr 25, 2018
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From Gluck to Glass, Anthony Roth Costanzo is broadening opera’s reach
“I hang out with people who go to galleries, who are […]
Mon Mar 12, 2018
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Chicago Symphony’s low brass will take top billing at the Kravis Center
In a rehearsal room at Chicago’s Symphony Center members of the Chicago […]
Thu Feb 08, 2018
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Soprano Kirsten Chambers gears up for the sensual and spiritual elements of FGO’s “Salome”
Few operas have the dramatic intensity of Richard Strauss’s Salome. A […]
Wed Jan 24, 2018
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Top Ten Performances of 2017
1. Florida Grand Opera: Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera. Florida Grand […]
Tue Dec 19, 2017
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Critic’s Choice for the 2017-18 season
Carson Kievman’s Tesla. September 28- October 1 at the Colony Theater, Miami Beach […]
Thu Aug 24, 2017
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FGO set to present operatic tale of exiled Cuban poet
After escaping from Cuba, the novelist and poet Reinaldo Arenas found […]
Tue Mar 14, 2017
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Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor charts his own adventurous musical path
In classical music, talk of musical “prodigies” can be loaded. On […]
Mon Feb 13, 2017
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Marking 15 years, Welser-Möst is in a good place with Cleveland Orchestra
When Franz Welser-Möst was announced as music director of the Cleveland […]
Mon Jan 23, 2017
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Critic’s Choice
The combination of Michael Tilson Thomas and Mahler is one of […]
Tue Jan 17, 2017
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Top Ten Performances of 2016
1. Patrick Quigley and Seraphic Fire–Brahms’ A German Requiem Brahms’ rarely performed […]
Thu Dec 15, 2016
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New World to fete Pulitzer winners in Sunday chamber program
The 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prizes will be celebrated by […]
Thu Nov 17, 2016
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