Features

Georgia Rowe - July 31, 2012

Two rarely staged works, by Szymanowski and Rossini, add luster to Santa Fe Opera’s superb season.

Ken Bullock - July 30, 2012

Arlene Sagan, music director emeritus of the 180-plus voice Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra, passed away at age 84.

Michael Zwiebach - July 30, 2012

You’ll laugh, or maybe you’ll cry, at some of the hoariest of jokes about music and musicians.

Janos Gereben - July 24, 2012

Backstage Merola, with Sunny and C.Y.

Merola Opera Program, now in full flight, is teeming with talent, as usual, and in a somewhat arbitrary way, I am picking just two of them to tell about. Tell, that is, through a helpful third party.

Trista Bernstein - July 24, 2012

Through an innovative collaboration, composer Laura Karpman and the Cabrillo Festival have found a way to tell important stories in a multimedia presentation.

Stephanie Jones - July 20, 2012

London’s always a great place to be for the arts, but right now it’s dressed to the nines.

Janos Gereben - July 17, 2012

Less Is More: Glorious Music Without the Electronic Din

Sweeney Todd
Not so loud ...

For an incredible

Edward Ortiz - July 17, 2012

Is music most rewarding as a group activity? Preliminary research results seem to suggest so.