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"Macbeth at the Wilma (2nd review)
The play's the thing— or is it the set?
I'm all for aggressive staging of Shakespeare, and certainly Blanka Zizka's has its virtues. But staging should serve rather than distract from the text, which in Macbeth particularly is crucial to establishing atmosphere.
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Choral Arts Society's Salzburg Vespers
Mozart's Vespers, in their original setting
Matthew Glandorf embedded Mozart's Salzburg Vespers in the musical elements of an actual church service. In the process he offered a new look at an old favorite.
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Henry Bermudez at Projects Gallery
Getting in touch with your inner animal
With Henry Bermudez, everything is in flux: Animals are evolving into humans or the other way around.
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David Foss's "Exits and Entrances' at LGTripp
Passage to the future
David Foss's paintings have evolved from strongly textured surfaces in geometric patterns and intense colors to a more spontaneous expression.
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“Macbeth” at the Wilma (1st review)
A tyrant for all seasons
The Wilma Theater's new Macbeth is concerned more with the struggle of an oppressed people fighting to overthrow tyranny than it is with the title character and his wife. Shakespeare would approve.
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Opera Company's "Otello' (3rd review)
Where's the terror?
The Opera Company of Philadelphia's production of Verdi's Otello was beautifully sung, staged and orchestrated. What it lacked was violence.
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Tempesta di Mare revisits Dresden
The glory that was Dresden, before the fire
Tempesta di Mare created a glimpse of an 18th-Century cultural center through music that has survived the defeats of the Seven Years' War and the bombings of the Second World War.
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Sadloch and Hannah at Schmidt Dean Gallery
Moments in time, for now and eternity
Csilla Sadloch's sure hand confers an aura of timelessness on life's ephemeral moments. Mixed media artist Hannah Hannah creates visual effects that contrast luxury and privation.
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Opera Company's "Otello' (2nd review)
Verdi vs. Shakespeare
The show went on without a serious hitch as the Opera Company of Philadelphia's Iago, Mark Delavan, sang from a wheelchair, serendipitously adding a new dimension to his otherwise invulnerable character. Verdi's Otello, unlike Shakespeare's Othello, is more archetype than flesh and blood; nonetheless he is an imposing figure in this, Verdi's finest opera.
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Dutoit conducts Grieg and Shostakovich
Strange bedfellows: Grieg and Shostakovich
Grieg and Shostakovich make strange bedfellows, but both the former's Piano Concerto and the latter's Fourth Symphony were well performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Andre Watts was the admirable soloist, and the Orchestra's departing music director Charles Dutoit seems intent on leaving his own legacy.
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