Ralph P. Locke

Classical Music Album Review: Paul Bowles’s “A Picnic Cantata” — A Bittersweet Charmer

March 19, 2023
Posted in , , , ,

Festival of American Song Records has released an elegant, touching performance of the totally delightful half-hour long “Picnic Cantata.”

Read More

Opera Album Review: A Rossini “Semi-Serious” Opera That Works Like a Charm

August 11, 2021
Posted in , , ,

This new recording would be a great, and inexpensive, way to enter the sound world of Rossini’s mature operas.

Read More

Opera Album Review: Rossini’s Splendid Passover Opera for Paris — “Moïse et Pharaon”

March 26, 2021
Posted in , , ,

Just in time for Passover: another fine world-premiere Rossini recording, the 1827 French version of his Moses-in-Egypt opera.

Read More

Recent Posts

Concert Review: Boston Baroque and Making Handel’s “Messiah” Fresh
December 14, 2025
Arts Feature: Top Classical Recordings and Concerts of 2025
December 14, 2025
Book Review: “Nobody’s Girl” — An Emotionally Wrenching Horror Story
December 13, 2025
Theater Review: Working Up a “Hedda” Steam
December 13, 2025
Concert Review: The Dream Syndicate — Doing Impressive Justice to Its Past
December 13, 2025

Popular Posts

Theater Review: The Broadway Revival of “Sunset Boulevard” Assaults the Senses
November 9, 2024
Theater Review: “John Proctor Is the Villain ” — Critiquing a Classic
March 6, 2024
Rock Concert Review: Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts — Still Restless After All These Years
August 23, 2025
Film Review: Del Toro’s “Frankenstein” — Creature Comfortless
October 26, 2025
Film Review: “XX”—Horror Anthology, Female Version
March 6, 2017

Categories

Archives

Recent Comments