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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

Oct 04, 2015 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

Oct 01, 2015 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

Sep 23, 2015 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.

Sep 22, 2015 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

Sep 18, 2015 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

Sep 15, 2015 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.