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• Review: Maestro, The Art of Leonard Bernstein (Royal George Theatre)

  

  Hershey Felder’s take on Leonard Bernstein is little short of magnificent. It’s not just that Felder is a musician of exquisite technique and powerful... Read more

  The 13 November 2011 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Concert Review: Through a Prism, Darkly

  

  Spectral Scriabin at the White Light Festival. Spectral Scriabin: Eteri Andjaperidze at the piano. Lighting design by Jennifer Tipton.Photo by Chris Lee © 201... Read more

  The 06 November 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Review: Cloud 9 (The Gift Theatre)

  

  This competent and well-paced Cloud 9 is ambiguous where it should be, never reaching beyond the grasp of what can be said about relationships, and emphatic... Read more

  The 05 November 2011 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• What is There Left but Physical Violence?

  

  It was only by chance that I got to see Richard Mills' opera, The Love of the Nightingale. 'Flu had kept the legitimate ticket holder at home and in bed. On... Read more

  The 05 November 2011 by   Jaac
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• Mechanical Resonance

  

  Metropolitan Opera Unveils Latest Hi-Tech Robot Initiative. Introducing the Met's new concertmaster, Toyota's Cyrex-5. The Metropolitan Opera continues to... Read more

  The 02 November 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Review: Or (Caffeine Theatre)

  

  Caffeine Theatre's Midwest premiere of "Or" is the perfect theatrical outing. A fun-lusting, writer’s dream AND a high-spirited, sexy actors’ romp - it's... Read more

  The 01 November 2011 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Review: The Sound of Music (Drury Lane)

  

  In two hours and forty minutes Director Rachel Rockwell’s faithful and often impassioned revival (which borrows two songs from the celebrated film version)... Read more

  The 29 October 2011 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Ich Lausch Dem Gesang: Siegfried at the Met

  

  Despite some very fine singing, and some very fine orchestral playing, the Met's new Siegfried was less than fully satisfying. Robert Lepage promised... Read more

  The 28 October 2011 by   Singingscholar
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• Descent Into Nibelheim

  

  An examination of intervals in the score of The Ring. Page from the score of Götterdämmerung belonging to a sound effects engineer. From Bamboquiri's... Read more

  The 27 October 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Opera Review: Paper Bullets of the Brain

  

  Opera Boston mounts Béatrice et Bénédict. Lady Disdain: Julie Boulianne (Béatrice) spurns Sean Pannikar (Bénédict.)Photo by Clive Grainger © 2011 Opera... Read more

  The 26 October 2011 by   Superconductor
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