Susan Miron
The jam-packed audience for the opening performance of the fiftieth season was filled with Cantata Singers old timers.
Read MoreFor classical music lovers, the opening of the concert season was synonymous with flutist Fenwick Smith’s annual recitals.
Read MoreOlympia Dukakis makes good on her desire to evoke the weakness the indomitable Mother Courage fights so hard to cover up: the actress conveys the highs and lows of this gargantuan character with enormous power.
Read MoreThere is lots to praise (lavishly) in BEMF’s production of “Almira”: a large cast with no weak links, fabulous musicians, and inspired sets, costumes, and dancing.
Read MoreDame Emma, now sixty-four, sat and sang just quietly enough and with the right measure of mystery and stillness to draw the audience in, and to keep them there in a trance.
Read MoreThe last Chameleon Arts Ensemble performance of this season, “mystic moons and dream music,” promised much, with three famed masterpieces by Debussy, Stravinsky, and Schoenberg.
Read MoreThe ebullient entertainer Maurice Hines held court this week at a packed Cutler Majestic Theater, along with a score of other very talented musicians and tap dancers. What an evening!
Read MoreWhat has NPR’s Terry Gross learned after all these years of probing famous people’s psyches? “We are all mortal. Life is short, and for some life is full of pain.”
Read MoreIn my experience, few leave an Evgeny Kissin concert disappointed.
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Arts Remembrance: In Memoriam — Tom Stoppard