Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Amanda Forsythe
Opera Review: BEMF’s “La storia di Orfeo” — A Musical Triumph
I do not know how BEMF will ever top this. Bravo tutti!
Concert Review: The Bard in Boston – Part 1
This season’s three-week commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – the first such thematic series of Andris Nelsons’ BSO directorship – go off to a compelling start.
Album Review: Bertrand plays Dutilleux and Debussy plus Mendelssohn Symphonies nos. 3 & 4 (Harmonia mundi), and Forsythe sings Handel (Avie)
Three new classical music albums: two are superior, one is a bit of a mixed bag.
Fuse Opera Review: BEMF Stages Two Delightful Neapolitan Comic Operas
BEMF’s double bill of two short and comic Pergolesi operas made for an unusual and totally delightful presentation.