At Houstonia Magazine
“Making Music with Wine Glasses and Washcloths.” Brandon Bell and Da Camera’s Young Artist Concert Series “Stop, Look, and Listen!” concert May 9.
Sydney Boyd
Visit an Enlightened Planet: Pandit Sanjeev Abhyankar at IMS
Girl At the Opera welcomes critic and scholar Theodore Bale for this special essay. Despite that fact that both of us are published music critics, we admit that we do not really know how to talk about Hindustani classical… Continue Reading
HGO’s Sweeney Todd
“Review: The Not-Demonic-Enough Barber of Fleet Street” at Houstonia Magazine.
I Need a Hero: HGO’s Die Walküre
Bonnie Tyler’s “I Need a Hero” should be a pre-requisite for anyone going to this opera. Read my review of Houston Grand Opera’s production of Die Walküre at Houstonia Magazine.
Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Bartók at Houston Symphony
…And Augustin Hadelich, playing Bartók’s second violin concerto, took the cake. Read my review at Bachtrack.
Damnation without Purification
My review of Houston Symphony performing Verdi’s Requiem on Friday night.
A Clarinet to Remember
An invigorating trio of Ives, Copland and Dvořák at Houston Symphony Orchestra this weekend, with soloist Martin Fröst, in his HSO debut, leaving a deep impression. Read my review at Bachtrack.
Graf Conducts at Houston Symphony
It was a slow night of Hindemith, Saint-Saëns, and Schumann at Jones Hall on Friday. Read my review at Bachtrack.
Status Report on Opera in the Heights
A year in review: Read my report on the (soap) Opera in the Heights at Houstonia Magazine.
Magic Flute at HGO: Bad Conducting, Great Singing
It was the slowest Magic Flute I’d ever heard. Read my review at Houstonia Magazine.