L.A. Opera revives legendary “Salome” with soprano Patricia Racette
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At age 51, Ms. Racette still sounds and looks fabulous, requiring little suspension of belief on the part of the opera-goer.
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Pianist Hélène Grimaud lends a sensitive hand to Brahms Second Concerto
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Ms. Grimaud showed us in the first two movements that passion and poetry could be sharply contrasting two sides of the same coin
Read More“Abduction” on L.A. Opera’s lavish, exuberant Orient Express
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L.A. Opera’s Music Director since 2006, James Conlon not only gave a highly stimulating pre-opera talk, but also directed a stylish and lively Abduction, balancing Mozart’s comical Turkish elements with the soft tender moments between the lovers.
Read MoreSparks fly in OC recital by Yuja Wang, Leonidas Kavakos
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when the music began, this unlikely couple showed their chemistry and uncanny ability to finish each other’s musical thoughts and phrases as if they were long-lost twins.
Read MoreViolinist Batiashvili makes auspicious L.A. debut in Tchaikovsky
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The latest to visit L.A. was German/Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili, who played the Tchaikovsky d-minor Violin Concerto in a glossy, lyrical fashion that matched the shine of her flowing silver gown.
Read MoreAfter forty years, Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio still impresses
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The immediate impression one got upon first hearing was the Trio’s big, brash Romantic sounds
Read MoreHumor and musical soiree with Itzhak Perlman
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five or six encores interspersed with Mr. Perlman’s inexhaustible supply of jokes pertaining to himself or the music at hand.
Read MoreA stormy, stirring Missa Solemnis by the Master Chorale
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Throughout the performance, one was shocked and awed by the power and precision in which the Master Chorale conveyed Beethoven’s vivid word painting
Read MoreNew Year’s Eve Bash with Pink Martini, Rita Moreno, Mariachi Band
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The international theme continued with Rita Moreno reprising her Anita in the rousing “America” dance number from the 1961 film “West Side Story” – with contributions from Storm Large, China Forbes and the fabulous Aztlán de Pueblo High School mariachi band.
Read MoreTaiwan Philharmonic Impresses in Historic First U.S. Concert
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Maestro Shao-Chia Lu conducted with elegant precision, bringing out surprising Brahmsian warmth from the Taiwanese strings.
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