Curtis Opera Theatre fails to make the case for LA RONDINE as a neglected classic.
View More LA RONDINE (Curtis Opera Theatre): Puccini’s elusive swallows flies to PhillyCategory: Music
Coverage of music in Philadelphia.
Mahan Esfahani in recital at the McCarter Theatre Center
So what does this genius look like?
View More Mahan Esfahani in recital at the McCarter Theatre CenterOpera in Sketch: DOCTOR ATOMIC (Curtis) + BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE (Philadelphia Orchestra)
The stillness in the endings for both Bartok’s BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE and John Adam’s DOCTOR ATOMIC at The Kimmel Center this past weekend left me with a clear image for, “all’s fair in love and war.”
View More Opera in Sketch: DOCTOR ATOMIC (Curtis) + BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE (Philadelphia Orchestra)AN ADULT EVENING OF SHEL SILVERSTEIN (Allens Lane): Our ridiculous grown up world
From the author of such children’s classics as The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends comes a socially insightful series of vignettes
View More AN ADULT EVENING OF SHEL SILVERSTEIN (Allens Lane): Our ridiculous grown up worldTranscendent pianism from Kirill Gerstein at the McCarter
Kirill Gerstein bathed his Princeton audience in splendor Monday, February 27, when the pianist presented a recital featuring Bach, Brahms, Beethoven and Liszt at the…
View More Transcendent pianism from Kirill Gerstein at the McCarterI GO ON SINGING (Annenberg Center Live): Sing on
In his touring one-night show I GO ON SINGING, Anthony Brown gives a heartfelt performance about one of Philadelphia’s most distinguished citizens.
View More I GO ON SINGING (Annenberg Center Live): Sing onA Winter in the Life of J.S. Bach
This February, Choral Arts Philadelphia presents the Winter segment of the 1734-1735: A Season In The Life of J.S. Bach.
View More A Winter in the Life of J.S. BachChoral Arts director Matt Glandorf on the Christmas Oratorio
Choral Arts artistic director Matt Glandorf shares a little about the seasonal New Years Eve concert.
View More Choral Arts director Matt Glandorf on the Christmas OratorioNew Years with Bach: Choral Arts Philadelphia presents a seasonal treat
End this strange year with some high notes as Choral Arts Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Bach Collegium present a rare performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio.
View More New Years with Bach: Choral Arts Philadelphia presents a seasonal treatAmanda Palmer meets Lizzie Borden
The NYC-based producers of an Amanda Palmer musical welcome cast members from 11th Hour Theater Company’s Lizzie for a one-night-only collaboration.
View More Amanda Palmer meets Lizzie BordenImogen Cooper (McCarter): Concert review
The distinguished British pianist Imogen Cooper presented several works for piano on November 9, 2016, at the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton.
View More Imogen Cooper (McCarter): Concert reviewGetting NOWHERE FAST: Sam Tower and BRAT team up for female-fronted rock ‘n’ roll dance theater
Jess Conda joins Sam Tower + Ensemble in an all badass female rock noir cabaret.
View More Getting NOWHERE FAST: Sam Tower and BRAT team up for female-fronted rock ‘n’ roll dance theaterHopefully This Will All Be Over Soon: A punk-theater election fantasia
Mixing punk and bouffon, this political satire offers a chance to laugh at the absurdity of this unusual election cycle and engage in the real issues of the November 8 election.
View More Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon: A punk-theater election fantasiaBELCEA STRING QUARTET in recital at Princeton University
The Belcea String Quartet appeared on the Richardson Auditorium stage in Alexander Hall on the campus of Princeton University on October 13, 2016.
View More BELCEA STRING QUARTET in recital at Princeton UniversityOpera in Sketch: Giargiari Bel Canto Competition at the Academy of Vocal Arts
AVA students sing a single aria in competition with each other for prizes awarded by a professional panel of judges and by the audience themselves.
View More Opera in Sketch: Giargiari Bel Canto Competition at the Academy of Vocal ArtsMexrrissey Does Morrissey: Interview with band member Ceci Bastida
Top players in the Mexico music scene joined forces to play Morrissey’s and The Smith’s greatest hits. They’re coming to the Kimmel Center October 29.
View More Mexrrissey Does Morrissey: Interview with band member Ceci BastidaKeen to Feed: Favorite tunes from Red 40 & the Last Groovement
Artists from Philly’s favorite clown-funk band pick favorite songs from their new album and the world of music
View More Keen to Feed: Favorite tunes from Red 40 & the Last GroovementOpera in Sketch: BREAKING THE WAVES
This opera was really something else. An adaptation by Mizzy Mazzolli (music) and Royce Vavrek (libretto) of a movie by Lars von Trier.
View More Opera in Sketch: BREAKING THE WAVESPhilly’s Kinda Cool episode 2.1: We back!
Would Sebastian would rather sleep with Hillary or Donald, what the hell his Fringe show was about, and what’s the worst way to cook an omelette?
View More Philly’s Kinda Cool episode 2.1: We back!TURANDOT (Opera Philadelphia): Puccini at the Academy
Giacomo Puccini (born 1858) left his last opera, TURANDOT, unfinished at his death in 1924.
View More TURANDOT (Opera Philadelphia): Puccini at the Academy