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Tempesta di Mare closes their season

Baroque theaters and modern cathedrals

The music season ended with Tempesta di Mare’s latest visit to Baroque France and an unexpected bonus from Lyric Fest’s artistic directors.

Tom Purdom

Jun 12, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

Charlie’s first wife (Chrystal E. Williams) sings about Charlie (Lawrence Brownlee) abandoning her and their son. (Photo by Dominic M. Mercier)

Opera Philadelphia's 'Yardbird' (first review)

A contradictory enterprise

Yardbird composer Daniel Schnyder went well beyond 1930s popular music (the legacy that Parker and cohorts unabashedly used as a foil to create the new bebop jazz) to create a unique synthesis of many other musical ingredients and flavors.

Victor L. Schermer

Jun 09, 2015 Articles 5 minute read

Liverman and Brownlee sing “Bebop’s Gonna Change the World.” (Photo by Dominic M. Mercier)

Opera Philadelphia's 'Yardbird' (second review)

Bird Lives!

Yardbird is a profoundly moving and extraordinary musical experience that works on every level imaginable.

Bruce Klauber

Jun 09, 2015 Articles 2 minute read

Bird (Lawrence Brownlee) in Birdland. (Photo by Dominic M. Mercier.)

Opera Philadelphia's 'Yardbird' (third review)

Ill-conceived hagiography

It’s possible to love jazz and classical music; I’ve done so for most of my life, as has Yardbird's composer. He created an intriguing combination of the two genres, but it has problems of another sort.

Steve Cohen

Jun 09, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

Sinatra, with Italian actress Alida Valli, on Armed Forces Radio in the 1940s.

Frank Sinatra: An appreciation

It was a very good life

This year, the world is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Frank Sinatra, who was born to make music using the latest media to bring his performances to the masses. Like all great artists, he was consumed by an ambition that knew no bounds — after mastering the media of his time, he went on to transform them into something no one could have imagined.

Armen Pandola

Jun 07, 2015 Articles 5 minute read

Keep your eye on the guy at the back. (Photo courtesy of Dolce Suono)

Dolce Suono: Música en tus Manos

Trios and boleros

The Dolce Suono Ensemble bounced through a century of Latin-American concert and popular music, with a little help from some Philadelphia public school students.

Tom Purdom

Jun 02, 2015 Articles 4 minute read