Die Soldaten brings down Armory Lincoln Center Festival celebrates July 4th at Park Avenue Armory, reconstructed for Die Soldaten... Classical Voice
July 4, 2008
Notable Notes in June 2008 L.A. Children's Chorus, La Rondine, San Luis Obispo Symphony plays music of Craig Russell... Classical Voice
June 2008
Notable Notes in May 2008 Paulist Scholars, Beethoven 'Eroica', Great Opera Choruses, Tosca... Classical Voice
May 2008
Notable Notes in April 2008 Swedish Chamber Orchestra, pianist Anderszewski, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bruckner's Sixth... Classical Voice
Apr 2008
Notable Notes in March 2008 De Angelis Vocal Ensemble, Handel's Radamisto, Vienna Boys Choir, Janine Jansen, ASMF, pianist Trpčeski... Classical Voice
Mar 2008
Notable Notes in February 2008 Brazilian classical guitar by Assad Bros, Czech Philharmonic plays Martinu & Mahler... Classical Voice
Feb 2008
Notable Notes in January 2008 Mozart C-Minor Mass, Pergolesi "La Serva Padrona", "Magic Flute" in OC, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra... Classical Voice
Jan 2008
Notable Notes in December 2007 Holidays with Musica Angelica & LA Master Chorale, Beethoven's Ninth in Pasadena... Classical Voice
Dec 2007
Notable Notes in November 2007 La Boheme in OC, Musica Angelica, LA Master Chorale... Classical Voice
Nov 2007
Notable Notes in Sep/Oct 2007 Pacific Symphony opening, Kiri Te Kanawa's farewell, Angela Hewitt plays Bach '48', Berlioz in Pasadena... Classical Voice
Sep/Oct, 2007
Los Angeles Opera Notes 2007-2008 Karita Mattila sings Jenufa. James Conlon conducts Fidelio, David Hockney's Tristan... Classical Voice
Sep 2007 - Apr 2008
Bach on a two-keyboard Steinway Christopher Taylor plays 'Goldberg Variations' on a rare piano... NY Times
Jul 17, 2007
Angelika Kirchschlager in O.C. Salzburg-born mezzo-soprano ends her 2006 U.S. tour in Orange County... Review by Classical Voice
Dec 19, 2006
Lorin Maazel brings NY Phil to OC giving two concerts of German and French programs... Review by Classical Voice
Nov 1, 2006
Pasadena Symphony's 79th season R.Strauss, Lalo, Shostakovich make up an eclectic season opener... Review by Classical Voice
Oct 14, 2006
OC marks Shostakovich's 100th Gergiev leads Kirov Orchestra in Nos. 5 & 6.  Tenor Rolando Villazón sings Poet's Love... Reviews by Classical Voice
Oct 15, 2006
Segerstrom Hall opens in OC featuring fireworks and all-Mozart program by Mozarteum Orchestra... Reviews by Classical Voice
Sept 17, 2006
Notable Notes around L.A. David Daniels at UCLA, Samson et Dalilah at Opera Pacific... Reviews by Classical Voice
Feb, 2005
Notable Notes around L.A. Tchaikovsky in Pasadena, Michele Crider is Aida in L.A., Rolando Villazon is Romeo... Reviews by Classical Voice
Jan, 2005
Notable Notes around L.A. The Tristan Project, L.A. Phil, Anne Sofie von Otter, Messiah, Pasadena Ambassador Auditorium re-opens... Reviews by Classical Voice
Dec, 2004
Notable Notes around L.A. pianists Ivo Pogorelich, Howard Shelley; femme fatales Carmen and Vanessa... Reviews by Classical Voice
Oct/Nov, 2004
Musica Angelica flies high on wings of virtuosity and poetry, despite loss of its founding angel... Review by Classical Voice
Oct  2, 2004
New Pacific Trio debuts in L.A. in a delightful program of Zwilich, Beethoven, and café music... Review by Classical Voice
Sep 19, 2004
Il Trovatore at L.A. Opera Dolora Zajick's Old Gypsy steals the show... Review by Classical Voice
Jun 18, 2004
Figaro's wedding, L.A.-style Dynamic young cast include Erwin Schrott and Isabel Bayrakdarian... Review by Classical Voice
May 22, 2004
Murray Perahia plays UCLA in a program of Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms... Review by Classical Voice
Apr 15, 2004
March reviews in So Cal "Candide" at Opera Pacific, Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in Pasadena... Review by Classical Voice
March, 2004
February reviews in So Cal Hilary Hahn, Radu Lupu, John Williams, "Symphonic Theater" in Pasadena, Hockney's "Die Frau", Robert Wilson's "Madama Butterfly"... Review by Classical Voice
February, 2004
New Year starts off splendidly in Los Angeles with Daniel Barenboim, John Eliot Gardiner, Itzhak Perlman, L.A. Master Chorale at Disney Hall... Review by Classical Voice
January, 2004
Opera Pacific's Butterfly soars masterful conducting and a strong cast in Costa Mesa... Review by Classical Voice
Nov 14, 2003
Brahms' titanic Piano Concerto No. 1 gets heroic treatment in Pasadena, from Slovenian pianist Dubravka Tomsic... Review by Classical Voice
Nov 8, 2003
Midori opens Pacific Symphony's 25th anniversary season with a superlative account of the Mendelssohn E-minor concerto... Review by Classical Voice
Oct 9, 2003
Karita Mattila's Salome debut rocks Paris Famed Finnish soprano gives (and bares) all as Strauss' enfant terrible... Financial Times
Sept  24, 2003
La Damnation de Faust, Los Angeles A musical and visual stunner opens L.A. Opera's 18th season... Review by Classical Voice
Sept 10, 2003
Marriage of Figaro, Music Academy of the West A musical bliss from beginning to end, in beautiful Santa Barbara... Review by Classical Voice
Aug 10, 2003
Aida, Festival Opera of Walnut Creek: Troubled night on the Nile... Review by Classical Voice
Jul 12, 2003
June reviews around California: The Ojai Music Festival, Frederica von Stade in Los Angeles... Reviews by Classical Voice
Jun, 2003
May reviews around California: Il Trovatore in Costa Mesa, Don Giovanni, Mahler's Third in Los Angeles, La Perichole in Palo Alto, also Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel and Jean-Yves Thibaudet... Reviews by Classical Voice
May, 2003
April reviews around California: Handel's Messiah (arr. Mozart) at UCLA's Royce Hall; Ein Heldenleben in Pasadena; Otello in San Diego... Reviews by Classical Voice
Apr, 2003
March reviews around California: Soprano Karita Mattila sings Four Last Songs in Los Angeles; Pianist Paavali Pumppanen plays Beethoven in Pasadena; Flying Dutchman in Los Angeles... Reviews by Classical Voice
Mar. 2003
Pianist Arcadi Volodos dazzles Seattle audience with 19th-Century showpieces and transcriptions... Seattle Times
Feb 13, 2003
February reviews around California: Barbiere in Los Angeles; Norma in San Diego; Un Ballo in Palo Alto; Salome in Costa Mesa... Reviews by Classical Voice
Feb, 2003
January reviews around California: Butterfly in San Francisco; Roberto Alagna debuts in L.A.; Abduction in Costa Mesa... Reviews by Classical Voice
Jan, 2003
December reviews around California: Alcina, Hansel in San Francisco; Hoffmann in L.A.; Pianist Howard Shelly in Pasadena... Reviews by Classical Voice
Dec, 2002
Tosca, Oporto Coliseum, Portugal  Memorable production in Northern Portugal... Review by Classical Voice
Nov  16, 2002
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Pasadena  World-premiere staging of Molière's play with Strauss's incidental music... Review by Classical Voice
Nov  9, 2002
Otello, Seraglio at San Francisco Patricia Racette debuts as Desdemona... Review by Classical Voice
Oct  21, 2002
Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrates Oktoberfest with Carl Orff's Carmina Burana... Review by Classical Voice
Oct  5, 2002
Fanciulla del West, Los Angeles Malfitano ill, Nina Warren steps in to save La Girl... Review by Classical Voice
Sept  19, 2002
Yevgeny Onegin, St. Petersburg,  Russia Onegin misfires at the Mariinsky... St. Petersburg Times
Aug 16, 2002
Don Pasquale, Festival Opera Smashing season opener for S.F. East Bay's premier opera company... Review by Classical Voice
Jul 13, 2002
Dimitri Hvorostovsky sings Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov songs in Sintra, Portugal... Review by Classical Voice
Jul 3, 2002
L'Italiana in Algeri, La Coruña, Spain features sets by Pier Luigi Pizzi and splendid singing by Ewa Podles... Review by Classical Voice
Jun 1, 2002
Abduction From the Seraglio, Lyric Opera of Los Angeles Delightful production launches LOLA's inaugural season in Pasadena... Review by Classical Voice
Jun 14, 2002
Turandot, Los Angeles Opera World premiere staging of Berio's new ending... Review by Classical Voice
Jun 4, 2002
La Bohème, West Bay Opera Production effectively evokes 1900's Paris... Review by Classical Voice
May 31, 2002
The Magic Flute, Los Angeles Opera Debutant Andrea Rost a radiant Princess Pamina... Review by Classical Voice
Apr 12, 2002
Dead Man Walking, Opera Pacific   Opera Pacific brings new life to Dead Man... Review by Classical Voice
Apr 18, 2002
The Magic Flute, Lisbon, Portugal Imaginative new production at the Sao Carlos National Theatre... Review by Classical Voice
Mar 25, 2002
Eugene Onegin, Opera Pacific From St. Petersburg, Russia (via Chicago) with love... Review by Classical Voice
Mar 3, 2002
Don Giovanni, Opera Pacific Inspired conducting by John DeMain saved the show... Review by Classical Voice
Jan 25, 2002
Faust, West Bay Opera Vibrant singing made for an enjoyable Sunday afternoon in Palo Alto ... Review by Classical Voice
Oct 21, 2001
Vienna Philharmonic returns to Orange County for three concerts Under Bernard Haitink, the orchestra with the zealously guarded tradition successfully scales Bruckner's Eighth Symphony, a musical zenith... L.A. Times
Mar 11, 12, 13, 2002
Pianist conquers Zipper Hall Eclectic program won raves for pianist Paul Sweetnam ... Review by Classical Voice
Dec 1, 2001
Adelia, Opera Orchestra of New York The superb Mariella Devia charmed her New York fans in this rare Donizetti gem... Review by Classical Voice
Nov 11, 1999

Triumphant I Puritani in Seattle Amsellem and Gutiérrez share the role of Elvira in this season closer.  It's not over until the mad lady sings... Classical Voice
May 10-11, 2008
Book review: Glenn Gould A Romance on Three Legs - Glenn Gould's obsessive quest for the perfect piano... NY Times
Jun 15, 2008
San Diego Opera 2008 Tannhäuser, Maria Stuarda, Cav/Pag, Aida, Pearl Fisher... Classical Voice
2008 Season
San Francisco Opera Journal Gheorghiu in Rondine, Hampson as Macbeth, Dessay as Lucia Classical Voice
2007- 2008 Season
Coverage of Met 2007-2008 Season Romeo et Juliette, Le Nozze di Figaro, Aida, Macbeth, Norma Classical Voice
2007-2008 Season
Conlon gave smashing Mahler 6th with Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Ravinia... Chicago Tribune
Aug 3, 2007
MTT back to the Bowl in 22 years Michael Tilson Thomas leads a stirring Beethoven Nineth at Hollywood Bowl... L.A. Times
Aug 1, 2007
Bach and Handel close season for Musica Angelica, featuring virtuoso soprano and harpsichord ... Review by Classical Voice
Apr 28, 2007
LA Master Chorale's All-Night Vigil a devotional evening with Rachmaninov's greatest religious work... Review by Classical Voice
Nov 12, 2006
Recorder virtuoso Marion Verbruggen debuts with Musica Angelica in Los Angeles... Review by Classical Voice
Oct 21, 2006
A blazing Beethoven's Ninth in OC rings down the curtain on Pacific Symphony's 2005-2006 season... Reviews by Classical Voice
June 8, 2006
Acis and Galatea at Colburn Musica Angelica's season finale features Elizabeth Futral as Galatea... Reviews by Classical Voice
May 5, 2006
Notable Notes in Southern Cal Mahler Nineth at LA Phil, Musica Angelica in Pasadena... Reviews by Classical Voice
Mar, 2006
Notable Notes in Southern Cal Peter Schickele in Pasadena, Tokyo String Quartet at UCLA... Reviews by Classical Voice
Jan, 2006
Notable Notes in Southern Cal Musica Angelica, Pasadena Symphony, Angelo Romero & more... Reviews by Classical Voice
Oct, 2005
Music from the heart Mozart, Bizet, Copland in Pasadena, with Finnish pianist Jumppanen... Reviews by Classical Voice
Mar 5, 2005
A spirited Messiah in Eugene Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero leads a spirited ensemble of chorus and soloists... Review by Classical Voice
Dec  10, 2004
Viennese Night at Eugene Symphony featuring memorable Berg concerto with violinist Jorja Fleezanis... Review by Classical Voice
Oct  14, 2004
Idomeneo, Ariadne open L.A. Opera season Domingo shows he's still the romantic hero among tenors... Reviews by Classical Voice
Sep 15, 2004
August diary of the Bowl Turandot and Joshua Bell at Hollywood Bowl... Reviews by Classical Voice
Aug 15, 2004
Opera Pacific in the park first-rate cast headed by soprano Angela Brown... Review by Classical Voice
Jun 26, 2004
Fidelio by the Bay San Francisco Symphony's semi-staged version is a resounding success... Review by Classical Voice
May 29, 2004
Heavenly Missa solemnis at Disney L.A. Master Chorale and Orchestra on magnificent form, with Olsen, Rasmussen, Johnston, Li-Paz... Review by Classical Voice
Mar 28, 2004
Werther, Lisbon Portugal a daring 50's experiment at Sao Carlos, Lisbon with Bacelli, Sabbatini... Review by Classical Voice
Mar 4, 2004
Pianist Vladimir Feltsman plays Bach and Chopin at Carnegie Hall, substituting for indisposed Volodos... New York Times
Feb 3, 2004
A week of vocal thrills in So Cal Ewa Podles in La Jolla, St. Petersburg Capella at UCLA, L.A. Master Chorale, and Anna Netrebko as Lucia... Review by Classical Voice
Nov 15 - 22, 2003
Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields plays a titanic program of Beethoven under conductor/pianist Murray Perahia, in Orange County...