Arts & Culture
Opening Nights: Charley’s Aunt
A bit of a drag at Taproot.
Arts & Culture
Opera Review: Amelia
Vietnam flashbacks, hospital drama, and Greek myth add up to a top-flight Seattle Opera commission.
Music
Yes, it’s perhaps a bit calculated, but I appreciated the programming strategy
Yes, it’s perhaps a bit calculated, but I appreciated the programming strategy of Robert Spano, who guest-conducted the…
Film
Dancing Across Borders: A Former PNB Star Emerges From Obscurity
The story of Sokvannara Sar, who began performing traditional Khmer dance in Cambodia as a child; who was…
Music
Sergei Rachmaninoff frequently gets a bum rap for being conservative and derivative,
Sergei Rachmaninoff frequently gets a bum rap for being conservative and derivative, though there are few composers easier…
Arts & Culture
Spring Arts: Open Sourced
The emotional wreckage from a fathers death is the creative wellspring for Seattle Operas first commissioned piece in…
Music
Jay BlakesbergThe Kronos Quartet played the Kirkland Performing Arts Center on Tuesday,
Jay BlakesbergThe Kronos Quartet played the Kirkland Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Feb. 2.It had been a while…
Music
The brand-new Cadence Chamber Orchestra plans to perform concerts in pairs, one
The brand-new Cadence Chamber Orchestra plans to perform concerts in pairs, one in a traditional hall (tonight at…
Film
They Came to Play: Music Played for Love, Not Money
In the ongoing hand-wringing debates over classical music’s future in America, all the focus is on the classical-music…
Arts & Culture
Classical: Shock of the Old
Peter Hallock turned medieval tradition into a contemporary phenomenon.
Arts & Culture
Opera Review: Breathless Love?
At Seattle Opera, a courtesan declares her independence. Maybe.
Arts & Culture
Classical: Kettle to the Metal
The guy cooling his heels at the back for much of the symphony? Hes one of the best…
Arts & Culture
Stage Review: Village Theatre Goes Medieval
Chasing Nicolette is yet another child of their fecund new-musicals workshop.