Classical
Cellist Xavier Phillips
A French cellist, on the eve of his Milwaukee debut, ponders, with disarming frankness, life and art.
Jun 2nd, 2011 by Tom Strini
Good news and a good start
The Fine Arts Quartet and guests Ilana Setapen (violin) and Xiayin Wong (piano) excel in Wolf, Chausson and Schubert.
Jun 2nd, 2011 by Tom Strini
“Wicked” witches great entertainment at MSO’s Pops
Divas Julie Murney and Jennifer Laura Thompson steal the show in MSO's final pops concert. But isn't that what you expected they would do?
May 28th, 2011 by Michael Barndt
Youngblood’s take on Faust, MSO’s Wicked Divas
Even on Memorial Day weekend, actors and musicians are stirring.
May 24th, 2011 by Tom Strini
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
