Concert and opera reviews from Southern California.
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen proved a superb colorist in this music. He reading was dark, tense, brooding in the narrative, and soft, warm, radiant in the Winterstürme.
Read MoreVicente Chamber Orchestra's musicians are lawyers, doctors, tech executives, etc. – serious dilettantes who dream of playing in an orchestra.
Read MoreBarrie Kosky's production is a not-completely-traditional production with a few surprises along the way.
Read MoreChoreographer Kitty McNamee transforms the traditionally gypsy dance in the party scene into a Gatsby-like dance party of flapper showgirls, a jazz band, and fashionable partygoers in their chiffons and velvet.
Read MoreIn his 151st career role, Maestro Domingo plays the title role of Juanillo, an outlaw known by the nickname “El Gato” (the “wildcat”).
Read MoreOne was impressed with their very smooth and articulate ensemble playing, particularly in the soft passages, and the powerful, but not over-driven, climaxes.
Read MoreThe relatively unknown pianist, Víkingur Ólafsson, has made a name for himself in his native Iceland playing J.S. Bach and Philip Glass
Read MoreViolinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s “unique interpretation” of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto and Esa-Pekka Salonen’s explosive The Rite of Spring.
Read MoreHélène Grimaud was the soloist in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G-Major. She brought her own individual stamp of crisp articulation and unsentimental phrasing to the piece
Read MoreVisually, the LA Opera production is a stunner. The grand mise-en-scène of Thaddeus Strassberger, dramatic lighting of JAX Messenger, and brilliant costumes by Mattie Ullrich all come together to evoke the classical grandeur of Ancient Rome.
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