Arts & Culture
“More than any other breed of human being,” The New Yorker’s Anthony
“More than any other breed of human being,” The New Yorker’s Anthony Lane once posited, “composers have suffered…
Arts & Culture
La Voix Humaine/ Suor Angelica McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St. (Seattle Center),
La Voix Humaine/
Suor Angelica McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St. (Seattle Center), 389-7676, seattleopera.org.
$25 and up. 7:30 p.m.…
Arts & Culture
Boeing Boeing Seattle Repertory Theatre, 155 Mercer St. (Seattle Center), 443-2222, seattlerep.org.
Boeing Boeing Seattle Repertory Theatre, 155 Mercer St. (Seattle Center), 443-2222, seattlerep.org. $15–$80. Runs Wed.–Sun. Ends May 19.…
Arts & Culture
Trails Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N. (Issaquah), 425-392-2202. $22-$63. Runs Wed.–Sun.;
Trails Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N. (Issaquah), 425-392-2202. $22-$63.
Runs Wed.–Sun.; see villagetheatre.org for exact schedule. Ends April…
Arts & Culture
From the first garbled bar, conductor Carlo Montanaro made Seattle Opera’s opening-night
From the first garbled bar, conductor Carlo Montanaro made Seattle Opera’s opening-night performance of La boheme the speediest…
![Ludovic Morlot conducts October's [untitled] . . . in the lobby.](https://www.seattleweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2018/12/1189433.jpg?w=300)
Music
The scene in the Benaroya Hall lobby, one Friday night last October,
The scene in the Benaroya Hall lobby, one Friday night last October, must have startled both those people…
Film
This doc is Wagner for Dummies, and I mean that in the
This doc is Wagner for Dummies, and I mean that in the best sense: I can’t imagine a…
Arts & Culture
The unheralded godfather of minimalism, Canadian-born composer Colin McPhee (1900–64) became so
The unheralded godfather of minimalism, Canadian-born composer Colin McPhee (1900–64) became so captivated by a recording of Balinese…
Arts & Culture
Things this hit show’s creators—Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez—hate: received
Things this hit show’s creators—Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez—hate: received wisdom, Disney plasticity, Johnnie Cochran, and…
Arts & Culture
Rossini’s 1817 Cenerentola is roughly the Cinderella tale we all know, with a few
Rossini’s 1817 Cenerentola is roughly the Cinderella tale we all know, with a few important twists: The wicked stepmother is…
Arts & Culture
Over the years, the Seattle Chamber Music Society, in either its summer
Over the years, the Seattle Chamber Music Society, in either its summer or winter festivals, has almost never…
Arts & Culture
Pole to Pole
It's good to be the king--at least for a day--in Verdi's rarely staged comedy.
Arts & Culture
Strike Up the Bloboy
A musical inventor's preserved instruments, trucked cross-country.
Music
Ludovic Morlot, the Seattle Symphony’s chief innovator.Informality, accessibility, openness, a sense of
Ludovic Morlot, the Seattle Symphony’s chief innovator.Informality, accessibility, openness, a sense of welcoming–these are virtues when it comes…
Music
Pamela is partnered with Tristan MacManus, the world’s sexiest Irishman who doesn’t
Pamela is partnered with Tristan MacManus, the world’s sexiest Irishman who doesn’t play a chauffeur on Downton Abbey.Are…