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Back to work and as good as ever with Yannick Nézet-Séguin. (Photo by Jessica Griffin)

The Philadelphia Orchestra performs 'Mozart's Great Mass'

Unfinished but complete

The Philadelphia Orchestra performs two great, unfinished works. Robert Zaller wonders whether or not they are actually complete.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Articles 4 minute read
The Wister Quartet plays at the Waverly Heights retirement community. (Photo by Robert Schaeffer)

The Wister Quartet celebrates 29 years with 'Wister & More!'

Together after all these years

The Wister Quartet have not only been performing for 29 years, but they have also served as teachers, mentors, and music promoters in Philadelphia. Margaret Darby looks back.
Margaret Darby

Margaret Darby

Articles 3 minute read
PIffaro and <em>The Musical World</em> guests <em>tutti</em>, at the Philadelphia Cathedral. (Photo by  Bill di Cecca)

Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, presents 'The Musical World of Don Quixote'

'Don Quixote' goes onstage

Watching Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, prepare for 'The Musical World of Don Quixote' gives an up-front view of the challenges and rewards of performing 400-year-old music. (Part three of a series on Piffaro’s 'Don Quixote' festival.)
Anne Schuster Hunter

Anne Schuster Hunter

Articles 5 minute read
Turandot (soprano Christine Goerke) is shocked to find herself enthralled by Calaf (tenor Marco Berti). (Photo by Kelly & Massa for Opera Philadelphia)

Opera Philadelphia's presents Puccini's 'Turandot'

An overlooked classic

With attention on two new operas, the innovative aspects of Puccini’s 'Turandot' may be overlooked. Opera Philadelphia’s production reveals a 65-year-old master changing course.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
André Previn received the Alfred I. duPont Composer's Award. (Photo by Lillian Birnbaum)

'Delaware Symphony Classics' featuring André Previn

Striking a classic balance

Delaware Symphony Orchestra sparks the season with André Previn and Mahler. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Articles 3 minute read
Only the good die young. (Photo courtesy of Opera Philadelphia)

Opera Philadelphia's presents 'Breaking the Waves' (second review)

Of vice and men

Chris Braak believes Opera Philadelphia's adaptation of Lars von Trier's 'Breaking the Waves' hits all the right production notes, but all the wrong cultural ones.
Chris Braak

Chris Braak

Articles 4 minute read
L to r: Charles Abramovic, piano; Mimi Stillman, flute; Sarah Shafer, soprano; Nathan Vickery, cello. (Photo by Samantha Robinson)

Dolce Suono Ensemble Goes to the Opera

Sweet sounds, sweet life

Mimi Stillman’s Dolce Suono Ensemble presents a well-blended, well-proportioned afternoon at the opera and a balm for our rattled souls.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 3 minute read
Life is but a walking shadow. (Photo by Morne van Zyl and Brett Bailey)

Philly Fringe review 2016: Third World Bunfight's 'Macbeth' (second review)

This 'Macbeth' will haunt you

Trish McFadden enjoyed Third World Bunfight's 'Macbeth,' but she wonders whether or not that was the right thing to do.
Trish McFadden

Trish McFadden

Articles 3 minute read

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Absolute power corrupts absolutely. (Photo by Morne van Zyl and Brett Bailey)

Philly Fringe review 2016: Third World Bunfight's 'Macbeth' (first review)

A classic made contemporary

Even though he's a traditionalist, Brett Bailey's version of Verdi's 'Macbeth,' set in Africa, suits Steve Cohen just fine.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
Yuja Wang, prodigy. (Photo by Rolex/Fadil Berisha)

With the Philadelphia Orchestra, Yuja Wang channels Chopin

So young, and so wise

Why are “child prodigies” found only in music and nowhere else? Dan Rottenberg considers the case of Yuja Wang.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Articles 3 minute read