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Hvorostovsky acknowledging well-deserved ovations. (photo by Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera)

Met Opera's 'Il Trovatore'

A grand operatic experience
The Met Opera season opener was an emotional and artistic triumph. Eight days later came a spectacular live performance simulcast on movie screens.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 4 minute read
Oropesa and friends: The good old days, before antibiotics and therapy. (Photo: Kelly & Massa.)

Opera Philadelphia’s ‘La Traviata’

Violetta sans context
Verdi’s La Traviata is a 19th-century gift that keeps on giving, and therein lies its problem: Directors can’t resist the temptation to tinker with it.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Articles 5 minute read
Pianist Daniil Trifonov played orchestra fave Rachmaninoff.

The Philadelphia Orchestra opens the 2015-2016 season

Past, present, and future of a Philadelphia institution
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s past and present were on spectacular display, but the future is in danger. Nice words were exchanged while negotiations are at a perilous point.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
Publicity photo of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra from “The Dean Martin Show.” (Creative Commons via Wikimedia)

Philly Pops celebrates Sinatra centennial

It's Friday with Frank again! and Saturday with Dino!
The Great American Songbook has become a lasting part of our cultural heritage because of the constantly evolving interpretations of these standards. Sinatra and Martin recorded many songs multiple times throughout their long careers, each performance changing as their lives had changed. It is little wonder that new performers keep on finding new ways to sing and new arrangers find unique ways to present these songs.
Armen Pandola

Armen Pandola

Articles 6 minute read
Phil Woods in Oslo in 2007. (Photo by Bjørn Erik Pedersen via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Phil Woods: An appreciation
There wasn't a jazz giant Phil Woods didn’t work with. Over the years he worked with everyone from Buddy Rich and Quincy Jones to Dizzy Gillespie and Billie Holiday.
Bruce Klauber

Bruce Klauber

Articles 3 minute read
Aww, Mom! Tuomanen and Kasprzycka. (Both photos by Dominic M. Mercier, courtesy Opera Philadelphia)

Fringe 2015: 'Andy: A Popera' by Opera Philly & Bearded Ladies (third review)

But is it opera?
Two of my colleagues have reviewed Andy, a Popera, but neither questioned whether this piece belongs in the repertoire of an opera company. Subscribers to Opera Philadelphia argued the issue during and after the exciting performance.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 5 minute read
Venus (Hesperus/Phosphorus) reflected in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Brocken Inaglory via Creative Comons/Wikimedia)

Lewis Spratlan; Andrew Rudin; Jeremy Gill

Three CDs with Philadelphia connections
Three recent CDs highlight the Philadelphia music scene.

Articles 4 minute read
Boy in a box. (Both photos by Dominic M. Mercier, courtesy Opera Philadelphia)

Fringe 2015: 'Andy: A Popera' by Opera Philly & Bearded Ladies (second review)

Choosing to become Andy Warhol
The pop Andy Warhol was as loud and clear as the rollicking music in the Opera Philadelphia/Bearded Ladies Andy: A Popera.
Margaret Darby

Margaret Darby

Articles 4 minute read
Lederhosen and little hats with feathers. And a brass band. (Photo via Creative Commons/capl@washjeff.edu)

Three kinds of traveler and composer

Oktoberfest
Ideally, as a composer, your eyes and ears are always open; both the different and the same will surprise you.
Kile Smith

Kile Smith

Articles 5 minute read
Members of both the Opera Philadelphia Chorus and the Bearded Ladies appear as a colorful bevy of Marilyns. (All photos by Dominic M. Mercier)

Fringe 2015: 'Andy: A Popera' by Opera Philly and Bearded Ladies

A mishmash of the past and present
What’s wonderful and terrible and lots of fun all at the same time? Andy: A Popera creates a Warholian experience of pop culture, mixing recent pop history with our modern media obsessions.
Naomi Orwin

Naomi Orwin

Articles 5 minute read