Countdown! The Napa Valley Festival del Sole 2015, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the region’s cultural vitality, is happening soon! The 10-day festival runs from July 17-26, 2015 and is comprised of...
Category - Music
Pauline Adamek
“The Trojans” – San Francisco Opera mounts spectacular production of Berlioz masterpiece – Opera review
Hector Berlioz felt a strong connection to Virgil’s epic poem Aeneid and so when he began to compose his opera The Trojans / Les Troyens, based on Books 2 & 4 of the poem, it was a labor of love. Berlioz wrote the...
Ash Revell
“Dog Days” LA Opera at REDCAT – Los Angeles opera interview
Opening tonight, and making its West Coast Premiere, is Dog Days, a deeply unsettling 2012 operatic work that blends classical vocalism with dark, heavy metal influences. In the aftermath of an unimaginable catastrophe...
THIS WEEKEND – The 37th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival – Los Angeles jazz concert review
From Miles Davis to Ella Fitzgerald, the Playboy Jazz Festival has hosted the biggest names in jazz during its three-decade history. Now in its 37th year, this coming weekend will be dominated by Jazz artists of all...
Le Salon de Musiques, June – “Russian and Czech Masters” – Los Angeles musical concert review
This season’s final concert features an exquisite Russian and Czech Masters program, with works by Mikhail Glinka, Mikhail Gnesin, Iosif Andriasov, and one Czech Composer, Vitezslav Novak. The program includes two...