Stellar performances and flashes of musical brilliance aren’t enough to lift an opera that tells too much and shows too little.
The show at the Valley Performing Arts Center in L.A. featured the New West Symphony and a lot of lesser-known musical highlights.
Thomas Adès’s operatic adaptation of Buñuel’s nightmarish masterpiece works brilliantly. Catch the encore in a theater near you.
Some clear winners emerged from the 21-concert music fest, along with some also-ran entrants.
The Chicago company serves a foolproof recipe: four intriguing pieces danced to perfection.
New settings of the Nobel winner’s classic songs raise philosophical questions about the relationship of text and music.
The American master’s turbulent, challenging music arouses powerful responses.
The young vibraphonist has just released an album of originals, but on Friday he was showing off his versatility with a set of taut arrangements of funk jazz.
In his first solo recital for the Omni Foundation, the guitarist took his audience on a journey of ardent emotional complexity.
The young singers brought spark and polish to some deservedly obscure musical-theater and operetta selections.
