Classical
Brains and lyrical beauty
The Philomusica Quartet closes with a quintet arrangement of Bach's keyboard monument.
May 22nd, 2012 by Jonathan Brodie
Bach’s “Goldberg” redux
A string quintet version of Bach's monumental keyboard work, "Goldberg Variations," at the Conservatory Monday.
May 21st, 2012 by Tom Strini
Sci-fi Spectacular Spectacular!
TCD, the MSO and Intercontinental offer a spectacular evening - an intimate dinner hosted by Tom Strini, followed by loge seats for the June 15 performance narrated by Star Trek's George Takei!
May 21st, 2012 by Jon Anne Willow
Skylight’s “Sunday in the Park with George” delights
Stephen Sondheim's musical brings Seurat's pointillist masterpiece to life.
May 19th, 2012 by Kat Murrell
The Florentine’s powerful “Idomeneo”
Spectacular singing and a smart production make Mozart's last opera seria urgent and modern.
May 19th, 2012 by Tom Strini
Thoroughly modern opera seria
Mozart summed up and pushed forward an outdated opera style in in 1780. John LaBouchardiere pushes it a little further.
May 17th, 2012 by Tom Strini
“Sunday in the Park” with Bill Theisen
Stephen Sondheim's musical about Seurat's great painting and a self-doubting artist of a later generation opens at the Skylight.
May 17th, 2012 by Matthew Reddin
NEW! UWM shows off the next generation of opera stars
"An Evening of Opera Arias" featured moving, theatrical solos and duets from the UWM Opera Theatre on Saturday.
May 13th, 2012 by Kat Murrell
That went well
Edo de Waart and the Milwaukee Symphony bring out the ring and shimmer. NEW: Link to NY Times review.
May 12th, 2012 by Tom Strini
Windfall’s “Assassins” — a scary/funny Sondheim musical
Windfall Theatre revives the 1991 musical about presidential assassins and would-be assassins.
May 7th, 2012 by David Bohn
Chen’s spectacular “Unveiling Iris”
Qigang Chen's Chinese/Western musing on a Greek goddess as Universal Woman precedes first-class Brahms.
May 5th, 2012 by Tom Strini
Fun, but a little out of tune
"Things That Go Ding!" showcases a true master of percussion, but the show isn't quite all it could be.
Apr 29th, 2012 by Matthew Reddin
