A San Franciscan Night to Remember at Disney Hall
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MTT favored a more astringent sound and clarity of details, but still achieved the same noble and grand results...
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"Orpheus" Legend Reborn With Joffrey Ballet
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This “Orpheus” is a balletomane’s dream. Not only does it feature the Joffrey Ballet, but the singers are asked to play dancers -- Orpheus as choreographer, Eurydice as his prima ballerina wife, Amor as his assistant.
Read MoreEbullient Brahms Piano Trios with Yo-Yo Ma and Friends
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What’s even more astonishing, they made music together like a well-honed, silk-road smooth ensemble, with nary a hint of egos at play.
Read MoreDudamel Presents Bernstein's Mass as Great Musical Theater
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The 'street people' chorus, in Christine Crook's psychedelically colorful hippie costumes, were as brutally relentless as McKinny's celebrant was serenely spiritual in his "A Simple Song".
Read MoreA devilishly fun “Candide” at L.A. Opera
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TV star Kelsey Grammer sings and speaks the duo role of Dr. Pangloss and Voltaire (narrator) reasonably well for his first foray into opera. Broadway veteran Christine Ebersole is luxury casting as the campy one-buttocked Old Lady.
Read MoreDudamel Conducts Brahms Ending in a Birthday Bash
/The Maraca2 percussion duo from the UK, who performed virtuoso stunts on their drum sets and ceramic tiles worthy of a Cirque du Soleil show
Read MoreA sensory Multimedia Presentation from Finland
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The three virtuoso dancers were from Finland’s Tero Saarinen Company, and created mesmerizing synergistic physical counterpart to the music.
Read MoreMehta Out, MTT In for Mozart and Bruckner
/Ms. Buniatishvili played with relaxed refinement in the first two movements which might strike some listeners as lethargic and others as elegant.
Read MoreDomingo Is Nabucco in LA Opera’s Authentic Period Production
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Mr. Domingo, amazingly, had sung the tenor role Ismaele some 35 years ago and here sings the agony of the flawed king of Babylon with heartrending pathos.
Read MoreGergiev Brings Mariinsky Orchestra to L.A. in an All-Russian Concert
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Gergiev met his match in pianist Denis Matsuev, who stunned in the power and clarity of his playing, romping through the four movements of the concerto with equal fun and ease.
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