Reviews

Steven Winn - November 21, 2023

A captivating take on Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Suite in A Minor opens the pianist’s recital and is the key to appreciating the entire program.

Nicholas Jones - November 21, 2023

Artistic Director Harry Bicket leads a starry cast in a performance that would have any Baroque operagoer clamoring for more.

Jason Victor Serinus - November 21, 2023

The company’s new production is a delight and very well cast.

Jim Farber - November 21, 2023

The Los Angeles Master Chorale premieres Billy Childs’s rhapsodic ode to his mother.

Richard S. Ginell - November 21, 2023

Gabriela Lena Frank’s luminous and dreamlike work has its third staging in California.

Lisa Hirsch - November 20, 2023

Breathing Forests has its local premiere on a mixed program bookended by two Igor Stravinsky works.

Giacomo Fiore - November 20, 2023

A multimedia collaboration spearheaded by composer Mary Kouyoumdjian centers on the tragic life of Armenian American painter Arshile Gorky.

Janos Gereben - November 20, 2023

The Leonard Bernstein biopic is out in theaters this week and will arrive on Netflix next month.

Michael Zwiebach - November 15, 2023

The clarinetist has made a specialty of You Have the Right to Remain Silent, and it’s a powerhouse performance.

Jim Farber - November 15, 2023

Nina C. Young, Koh’s neighbor, composed Traces for her, and it’s the highlight of a concert conducted by Jeffrey Kahane.