by Jan Dahlstedt A fresh point of view Improvisation is indeed a high risk endeavour. Small wonder then that much of improvised music misses the mark, but when it does succeed it offers the listener … [more]

by Brenda Murphy   Is there a best way to play the music of Vivaldi? Or baroque music in general? If so, what would that be?   Each of the well-known Italian ensembles specializing in the m… [more]

A MASTERFUL PRODUCTION, A TRIUMPH OF WORLD-CLASS VOICES!   LA Opera opened its 2012-13 season to an audibly enthusiastic full house September 15 with a new production of another belatedly ackn… [more]

  140 ROLES AND COUNTING!   Before the 2012-13 season is over, this phenomenon of SINGER-CONDUCTOR-ADMINISTRATOR rolled into one will have sung more than 140 roles in more than 3600 career… [more]

By Dorothy Jaroschy I have always been of two minds about the trumpet. Ask me how I feel about the violin, and my response is swift and immediate. “I love it.” Apply the same query to the cello… [more]

An article on the Interpreti Veneziani, an extraordinary nine-member string ensemble based in Chiesa San Vidal in Venice that specializes in the music of Vivaldi and other baroque composers, although … [more]

A cursory look at the complexities of staging the Ring Cycle, Richard Wagner's monumental work, illustrated with video clips of traditional, updated and high tech productions including Bayreuth's cent… [more]

Deathwatch? What deathwatch? Classical music is alive and well! And a case can be made for this rosy scenario around the fact that there is NO dearth of young musical talent in the US and around the … [more]