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Back row, left to right: Grant Herreid, Priscilla Herreid, Joan Kimball, Greg Ingles, and Fiona Last of Piffaro. Front row: Sonnambula’s Jude Ziliak and Toma Iliev. (Photo courtesy of Piffaro.)

Piffaro and Sonnambula present ‘Dancers’ Delight’

A Renaissance in spring

This March evening of Renaissance dance music revives the fresh and artful sound of the era. Margaret Darby reviews.
Margaret Darby

Margaret Darby

Articles 2 minute read
At long last, the marauder goes down. Dennis Chmelensky and Vartan Gabrielian in ‘Don Giovanni.’ (Photo by Tobin Del Cuore.)

Curtis Opera Theatre and Opera Philadelphia present ‘Don Giovanni’

Missing the mark among #MeToo

Curtis Opera Theatre takes a gutsy chance by grappling with the thorny sexual politics of ‘Don Giovanni,’ but R.B. Schlather’s revisionist production often misses the mark. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Articles 5 minute read
Not afraid of emotional risks at the keys: pianist Jan Lisiecki. (Photo by Christoph Köstlin.)

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents pianist Jan Lisiecki

The moods of Mendelssohn

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra brought fresh verve to Schubert’s Symphony No. 9, hwile Jan Lisiecki, one of the great emerging piano artists, dazzled in the Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

Articles 4 minute read
It’s looked better. The ensemble of ‘Cosí fan tutte’ at the Academy of Vocal Arts. (Photo by Don Valentino.)

The Academy of Vocal Arts presents Mozart’s ‘Cosí fan tutte’

Too much, wanting more

Exquisite singing and orchestral playing enliven a by-the-numbers production of ‘Cosí fan tutte’ at AVA. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Articles 4 minute read
The young lord of the harpsichord: Jean Rondeau. (Photo by Katie Baillot.)

The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents harpsichordist Jean Rondeau

Hoping for the harpsichord’s return

Rising early-music talent Jean Rondeau made a distinctive impression in PCMS’s first solo harpsichord recital. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Articles 3 minute read

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Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann never drops the baton. (Photo by Simon Fowler.)

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Nathalie Stutzmann and Benjamin Grosvenor

Breaking the prophecy

Guest conductor Nathalie Stutzmann and a young pianist to listen for, Benjamin Grosvenor, joined the Philadelphia Orchestra with a fresh and lively touch for often-overlooked staples of the classical canon. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

Articles 4 minute read
One of the world’s most accomplished mandolinists: Caterina Lichtenberg. (Photo by Maria Camillo.)

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia presents mandolinist Caterina Lichtenberg

A marvelous mandolin

World-renowned mandolinist Caterina Lichtenberg joined the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia in a sparkly program of works by Vivaldi, Gaudioso, and other Baroque composers. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

Articles 4 minute read
DSO percussionist Thomas Blanchard sets up for ‘Lift Off!’ at the Hotel Du Pont. (Photo by Gail Obenreder.)

The Delaware Symphony Orchestra’s chamber series presents ‘Lift Off!’

To the beat of a different drum

In an unusual and engaging show, the percussionists of the Delaware Symphony pounded those winter blues away. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Articles 3 minute read
Opera stars Eric Owens (left) and Lawrence Brownlee are rarely onstage together. (Photo by Pete Checchia.)

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Lawrence Brownlee and Eric Owens

You heard it here first

Opera superstars Lawrence Brownlee and Eric Owens kick off a multi-city recital tour with PCMS at the Kimmel. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Articles 4 minute read
Virtuosic voices: The Variant 6 ensemble onstage at the Rotunda. (Photo by Ryan Collerd.)

Variant 6 presents ‘Fall and Decline’ at the Rotunda

When voices span centuries

With ‘Fall and Decline,’ Variant 6 successfully straddles the centuries. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Articles 4 minute read