Archive for 2020

Critic’s Choice – Feb 06, 2020

The Houston Symphony immerses its audience in the music of a […]

Orchestra overpowers fine singing in Dallas Symphony’s “Salome” – Feb 01, 2020

Richard Strauss’s Salome was a bona-fide scandal when it premiered in 1905. Inspired […]

No pyramids along the Nile needed for Houston Opera’s soaring “Aida” – Feb 01, 2020

Forget the ancient-Egypt imagery. Director Phelim McDermott skips all that in […]

Mezzo Barton is the voice, heart and soul of Houston Opera’s thrilling “La Favorite” – Jan 25, 2020

Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton added richness and power to Houston Grand Opera […]

The lines hum in Telegraph Quartet’s crackling Chamber Music Houston set – Jan 22, 2020

Chamber Music Houston devotes one slot in each season’s series to […]

An energetic Bignamini leans a little too hard into his Dallas Symphony debut – Jan 17, 2020

Making his conducting debut with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Thursday night, […]

Massenet, Wagner and two premieres highlight Houston Opera 2020-2021 season – Jan 16, 2020

Houston Grand Opera’s 2020-21 season will include the company’s first staging […]

Violinist Godfrey first among equals in Mercury’s fleet take on Brandenburgs – Jan 12, 2020

Can a workhorse double as a racehorse? In music, at least, […]

Luisi, DSO spin an evening of colorful storytelling, from Copland to Wolfe – Jan 10, 2020

Fabio Luisi assembled an evening of works that focus on the […]