Stellar performances outshine ungainly production choices and the limitations of the opera itself.
In a concert featuring a wide range of subjects and inspiration, the older works fared best.
Stellar ensemble work and strong vocal performances make magic with Rossini’s fairy tale.
In a concert ostensibly about expressionism, the surprise was Kreisler’s 1919 string quartet.
Samuel Pepys’s diary provides the links for a program of music from 17th-century London.
The rave is in: Mason Bates’s first opera is a (re)sounding success, one that deserves permanent repertory status.
Louis Spohr hits a double but Mendelssohn crushes a surprise home run with an early piano quartet.
Three diverse one-acts gave Merola’s singers a chance to strut their stuff.
The “Classical Style” concert focuses on chamber masterworks from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Donald Pippin’s rhymed libretto in English brings the opera’s charming lyrics to the fore.
