Classical
Maceo Parker and band save the world
May 21 came and went. We're still here. Thank you, Maceo Parker. Thank you, funk.
May 23rd, 2011 by Mary O'Hara Stacy
Bel Canto offers peace, justice from Britten and Mechem
Three choruses and the MSO crowded the Oconomowoc Arts Center, but all eyes were on soloists Mary Elizabeth Williams and Eric Greene.
May 23rd, 2011 by Michael Barndt
Composer Josh Schmidt, on “The Adding Machine”
The rising-star discusses the Skylight's staging of his 2008 musical, already a hit in Chicago and New York.
May 19th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Windfall Theatre’s “Green Sneakers,” as real-life as opera gets
Ricky Ian Gordon cast a baritone as himself in this one-man mini-opera about the AIDS-related death of Gordon's life partner.
May 16th, 2011 by Curt Yorkey
Florentine’s Baroque double bill is pitch-perfect
The Florentine Opera's "Venus and Adonis" and "Dido and Aeneas" are at once thoroughly modern and authentically Baroque.
May 15th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Delfs returns to a warm welcome
MSO Chorus shines in Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna"; Delfs, in top form, brings Tchaikovsky's Fifth to full boil.
May 14th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Andreas Delfs returns
Extensive travel has given Milwaukee's former music director a long view of the classical music world. It's not reassuring.
May 12th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Alpin Hong, more than a pianist
Hong -- young, hip and hilarious -- will complete a two-week South Milwaukee residency with two programs this weekend.
May 11th, 2011 by Tom Strini
The Florentine’s charming Venus
Greer Davis, a Florentine young artist in 2008-09, returns as the goddess of love and beauty on a Baroque double bill.
May 10th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Hamlisch excels at Hamlisch and more
Marvin Hamlisch's love for American popular music runneth over at the Pops, and a Milwaukee high school student has a star turn.
May 7th, 2011 by Tom Strini
One King, Six Royal Weddings
The Flanders Recorder Quartet and guests offer a musico/poetic survey of the busy love life of Henry VIII.
Apr 30th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Magic for Eye and Ear
European cirque style proves a good match for European musical masterworks.
Apr 30th, 2011 by Michael Madden
