Plácido Domingo in Full Control of LA Opera’s ‘Wild Cat’
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In his 151st career role, Maestro Domingo plays the title role of Juanillo, an outlaw known by the nickname “El Gato” (the “wildcat”).
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Tetzlaff Trio at the Wallis, Polished with a Passion
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One was impressed with their very smooth and articulate ensemble playing, particularly in the soft passages, and the powerful, but not over-driven, climaxes.
Read MoreOn Easter Sunday, Icelandic Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson Plays Evangelist for Bach
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The relatively unknown pianist, Víkingur Ólafsson, has made a name for himself in his native Iceland playing J.S. Bach and Philip Glass
Read MoreLA Phil Hits High and Low Notes with Wayward Tchaikovsky and Explosive Rite of Spring
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Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s “unique interpretation” of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto and Esa-Pekka Salonen’s explosive The Rite of Spring.
Read MoreA Frenchman In America Plays Gershwin and Ravel
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Hélène Grimaud was the soloist in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G-Major. She brought her own individual stamp of crisp articulation and unsentimental phrasing to the piece
Read MoreAncient Rome Is New Again in L.A. Opera’s ‘Clemenza di Tito’
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Visually, the LA Opera production is a stunner. The grand mise-en-scène of Thaddeus Strassberger, dramatic lighting of JAX Messenger, and brilliant costumes by Mattie Ullrich all come together to evoke the classical grandeur of Ancient Rome.
Read MorePacific Symphony’s “Butterfly” Soars to Tragic Heights
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Korean lyric soprano Yunah Lee is a touching, detailed and delicate Cio-Cio-San, more adapt, perhaps, in emotional force and tragic power of Acts II and III than as a fifteen-year-old Geisha girl of Act I.
Read MoreConductor Simone Young Brings High Drama to Britten and Strauss
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To Los Angeles, conductor Simone Young brought her keen sense of drama and theatricality to the music of Britten and Strauss.
Read MoreLA Phil’s Double-Delight: John Williams Celebration on Dudamel’s Birthday
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Beyond all the pomp, comedy and magic, John Williams’ music is also capable of great emotion, as evidenced in the Theme from Schindler’s Lis, played poignantly by violinist Simone Porter.
Read MoreMozart and Beethoven in Harmony with Modernism
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On January 27, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, in co-partnership with Classical KUSC, presented an evening of new and old “Mozart + Beethoven’s Fifth featuring a world premiere by Sara Gibson” at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
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