Reviews

Steven Winn - August 10, 2024

Performances of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time and George Crumb’s Black Angels highlight the final festival program.

Michael Zwiebach - August 6, 2024

The new opera may not be aggressively attention-grabbing, but it is rich, evocative, and deeply felt.

Lev Mamuya - August 6, 2024

Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain and spoken-word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph join forces for a powerful music-theater piece.

Nicholas Jones - August 6, 2024

The one-evening version of Richard Wagner’s mythic tetralogy is well sung and played but light on character development and nuance.

Lisa Hirsch - August 5, 2024

The orchestra under Cristian Măcelaru plays raucous pieces by Vivian Fung, Helen Grime, Nina C. Young, and Karim Al-Zand.

Lisa Hirsch - August 5, 2024

Mozart’s drama is brought to life by a superb young cast under the top-notch direction of Patricia Racette.

Lisa Hirsch - July 30, 2024

An intriguing, well-played concert features local stars and a late 19th-century Chickering grand piano.

Jim Farber - July 30, 2024

The international ensemble, which comes together in L.A. every year, has a dedicated audience and a solid grip on the repertoire it plays.

David Bratman - July 30, 2024

An expansive afternoon of chamber music is headlined by the marvelous Viano Quartet.

Josef Woodard - July 30, 2024

Festival performances of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges and John Adams’s Violin Concerto are spectacular.