Music
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Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, presents 'The Musical World of Don Quixote'
'Don Quixote' goes onstage
Watching Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, prepare for 'The Musical World of Don Quixote' gives an up-front view of the challenges and rewards of performing 400-year-old music. (Part three of a series on Piffaro’s 'Don Quixote' festival.)
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Opera Philadelphia's presents Puccini's 'Turandot'
An overlooked classic
With attention on two new operas, the innovative aspects of Puccini’s 'Turandot' may be overlooked. Opera Philadelphia’s production reveals a 65-year-old master changing course.
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'Delaware Symphony Classics' featuring André Previn
Striking a classic balance
Delaware Symphony Orchestra sparks the season with André Previn and Mahler. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Opera Philadelphia's presents 'Breaking the Waves' (second review)
Of vice and men
Chris Braak believes Opera Philadelphia's adaptation of Lars von Trier's 'Breaking the Waves' hits all the right production notes, but all the wrong cultural ones.
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Dolce Suono Ensemble Goes to the Opera
Sweet sounds, sweet life
Mimi Stillman’s Dolce Suono Ensemble presents a well-blended, well-proportioned afternoon at the opera and a balm for our rattled souls.
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Philly Fringe review 2016: Third World Bunfight's 'Macbeth' (second review)
This 'Macbeth' will haunt you
Trish McFadden enjoyed Third World Bunfight's 'Macbeth,' but she wonders whether or not that was the right thing to do.
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Philly Fringe review 2016: Third World Bunfight's 'Macbeth' (first review)
A classic made contemporary
Even though he's a traditionalist, Brett Bailey's version of Verdi's 'Macbeth,' set in Africa, suits Steve Cohen just fine.
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With the Philadelphia Orchestra, Yuja Wang channels Chopin
So young, and so wise
Why are “child prodigies” found only in music and nowhere else? Dan Rottenberg considers the case of Yuja Wang.
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Three more things I learned from Bach
That old Bach magic
Kile Smith says Bach's "Brandenburg" Concertos are the best music in the world. Here, he explains how he reached that conclusion.
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Opera Philadelphia's presents Missy Mazzoli's 'Breaking the Waves' (first review)
Lars von Trier's film gets an operatic adaptation
Opera Philadelphia unveils a major world premiere with graphic subject matter and — more importantly — a superb score.
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