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Tan Dun's "Tea' by the Opera Company (1st review)
Never leave at intermission
The overload of abstractions and metaphors in Tan Dun's Tea sent many operagoers home early. But those who left missed out on the real rarity— even in opera— of the successful melding of total theater.
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Richard Goode/Jonathan Biss piano recital (2nd review)
This team is different
Yes, Richard Goode and Jonathan Biss conveyed the requisite precision. But it was the differences between them as artists that raised their recent duo piano recital to a higher level.
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Dylan at the White House
Dylan at the White House (or was that Shakespeare?)
At the recent White House concert honoring the music of the Civil Rights movement, Bob Dylan again provoked controversy by refusing to hop on any political bandwagon. That's the mark of great artists: They enlarge themselves and enrich their audiences by savoring the world's ambiguities.
Premieres from Orion Quartet and Dolce Suono
Haydn's ghost meets Star Wars
The Orion Quartet and Dolce Suono present two new works that span the gamut from musical farce to starry nights and gentle funeral songs-- just like Haydn did.
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Met's "Simon Boccanegra' on simulcast
Domingo and Morris confront eternity
The Met's new production of Verdi's unjustly ignored masterpiece, Simon Boccanegra, had even more impact on a big screen than in the opera house. Imagine Domingo and Morris, in close-up and in the fullness of their maturity, singing beautifully about the end of life.
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Bachfest by Vox Ama Deus at the Perelman
Bach: One conductor's vision
Valentin Radu's idiosyncratic personal vision shapes a winter Bachfest at “Castle Perelman.”
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Richard Goode/Jonathan Biss piano recital (2nd review)
Odd couple
On the surface, Richard Goode and Jonathan Biss have little in common. Yet these pianists played together almost as if they were one person.
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The Orchestra's inane marketing
‘Unexpect yourself!' (And other inanities from the Orchestra's marketing department)
Against his better judgment, Dan Coren reads a mailing from the Philadelphia Orchestra. Looking for something new? Don't open this brochure!
AVA's "Norma' and "Trovatore' in concert
Bellini, Verdi and the difference
The recent Academy of Vocal Arts concert offered beautiful, professional-level singing with strong accompaniment by the AVA orchestra, conducted by the school's musical director, Christofer Macatsoris. It also provided inadvertent insight into the difference between Bellini and Verdi.
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Chamber groups and the Orchestra
Moonlighting sonatas: Our debt to the Orchestra
Two of our local chamber music groups present programs that serve as relevant reminders of our city's debt to the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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