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Articles by Gavin Borchert
Arvo Pärt: Timeless to Me
Arvo Pärt: Timeless to Me
By Gavin Borchert • February 8, 2017 1:30 am

At 81, the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt walks his own quiet path, but has captivated the world into following him.

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Seattle Opera Leaves Verdi Unsettled
Seattle Opera Leaves Verdi Unsettled
By Gavin Borchert • January 18, 2017 1:30 am

Times are tough all over. Ever since the ex-courtesan Violetta, whose story Verdi tells in La traviata, moved in with…

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‘The Little Match Girl Passion’ Is a Bleak Counterpart To Seasonal Favorites
‘The Little Match Girl Passion’ Is a Bleak...
By Gavin Borchert • December 14, 2016 1:30 am

ArtsWest’s live choir and dance adaptation of the fairy tale follows a child’s Christmas in hell.

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The Sounders’ Are-You-F***ing-Kidding-Me Season: A Timeline
The Sounders’ Are-You-F***ing-Kidding-Me Season: A Timeline
By Gavin Borchert • December 7, 2016 1:30 am

It was the best of seasons, it was the worst of seasons. But on Saturday, it could become the best ever.

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Pushing Bach Against Trump
Pushing Bach Against Trump
By Gavin Borchert • November 23, 2016 1:30 am

A Cornish faculty cellist’s next performance will double as protest.

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From Seattle Opera, A Trans Person’s Path to Self-Reconciliation
From Seattle Opera, A Trans Person’s Path to...
By Gavin Borchert • November 16, 2016 1:30 am

No opera, to my knowledge, has told the story of a trans person as either a central or subsidiary character,…

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At Seattle Opera’s Hansel and Gretel, Let the Buyer Beware
At Seattle Opera’s Hansel and Gretel, Let the...
By Gavin Borchert • October 19, 2016 1:30 am

A classic fairy tale is rethought to make a political point—with one huge miscalculation.

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Our Favorite Seattle Restaurants
Our Favorite Seattle Restaurants
By Gavin Borchert • October 5, 2016 1:30 am

From Altura to Vendemmia.

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Seattle Theatre Works’ Harrowing Tale of a Brutalized Everyman
Seattle Theatre Works’ Harrowing Tale of a Brutalized...
By Gavin Borchert • September 21, 2016 1:30 am

The 1837 play could be subtitled “It’s Not the Murderer Who Is Perverse, but the Society He Lives In.”

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Pianist Jesse Myers and his exploded keyboard. Photo by Maggie Molloy
John Cage Inspires Epic Chaos With His Musicircus
By Gavin Borchert • August 31, 2016 1:26 am

An evening devoted to the composer erases boundaries—between performer and auditor, art and life.

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Seattle Opera’s Spicy Comedy Is Second to Nun
Seattle Opera’s Spicy Comedy Is Second to Nun
By Gavin Borchert • August 10, 2016 1:30 am

Terry Gilliam inspired the visuals in this tale of medieval mayhem.

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Gilbert and Sullivan’s Unusually Serious, Bittersweet Opera Charms
Gilbert and Sullivan’s Unusually Serious, Bittersweet Opera Charms
By Gavin Borchert • July 20, 2016 1:30 am

Outstanding performances abound in this rare staging of the 1888 work by the Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

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The Northwest Mahler Festival Goes Long
The Northwest Mahler Festival Goes Long
By Gavin Borchert • July 13, 2016 1:30 am

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the volunteer-driven celebration takes on the Third Symphony.

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The Symphony Programs a Different Kind of American Festival
The Symphony Programs a Different Kind of American...
By Gavin Borchert • June 15, 2016 1:30 am

Ludovic Morlot takes a more difficult and rewarding route in programming SSO’s summer offering.

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The Flying Dutchman. Courtesy of Seattle Opera
Seattle Opera’s Idiosyncratic Wagner
By Gavin Borchert • May 11, 2016 1:30 am

What happens when a stylized directorial conception doesn’t quite mesh with the voices singing it?

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Milton Babbitt, remembered more for his polemic than his music. Courtesy of Eastman School of Music.
Reclaiming Milton Babbitt, America’s Most Polarizing Composer
By Gavin Borchert • May 4, 2016 1:30 am

It was clickbait before its time. In 1958 composer Milton Babbitt submitted a thinkpiece to High Fidelity magazine under the benign title “The Composer as Specialist,” and an editor changed it to the more belligerent “Who Cares if You Listen?”, starting a firestorm whose embers still glow.

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Mary Elizabeth Williams glows as her namesake English queen. Photo by Jacob Lucas (detail)
Seattle Opera Wins With a Pair of Queens
By Gavin Borchert • March 11, 2016 4:30 am

In its thoroughly satisfying and powerful production of Mary Stuart, Donizetti’s 1835 tale of the battle between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, this production shows everyone how to do it.

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