Classical

A lovely evening for Jazz in the Park

A lovely evening for Jazz in the Park

Blue skies, mild temperatures and a good crowd made for a great start to the first concert in the series.

Young pianists stroke keys in weeklong competition

Young pianists stroke keys in weeklong competition

One player will be crowned the North American Piano Competition king/queen this Wednesday

This Week at the MSO: de Waart and Mahler’s Third
This Week at the MSO

de Waart and Mahler’s Third

The MSO's music director has conducted Mahler's Symphony No. 3 dozens of times over 35 years. It remains a fascinating puzzle, just provisionally solved.

Review: The Skylight’s Evening with a very human Gilbert & Sullivan
Review

The Skylight’s Evening with a very human Gilbert & Sullivan

Dale Gutzman ingeniously weaves operetta artifice, Skylight tradition and compelling character development.

Review: Ilana Setapen’s Milwaukee debut recital
Review

Ilana Setapen’s Milwaukee debut recital

The young violinist, the new associate concertmaster of the MSO, plays a smashing recital at the Wisconsin Conservatory.

Review: The MSO, Trpceski and Saint-Saens
Review

The MSO, Trpceski and Saint-Saens

FRIDAY NIGHT UPDATE: LINK TO REVIEW OF ILANA SETAPEN'S RECITAL! See link at the end of the MSO review, or clink on the headline in the More Stories box.

Everything Old Is New Again at the Skylight

Everything Old Is New Again at the Skylight

Dale Gutzman returns to direct after a 25-year absence, with Gilbert & Sullivan fantasy inspired by the Skylight's very first show.

This Week at the MSO: Pianist Simon Trpceski
This Week at the MSO

Pianist Simon Trpceski

Meet Macedonia's gift to the classical music world.

Review: The great Joe Johnson
Review

The great Joe Johnson

The MSO's principal cellist, exiting for the Toronto Symphony, gives a fond farewell with a brilliant recital.

Review: An imaginative Florentine Rigoletto
Review

An imaginative Florentine Rigoletto

Georgia Jarman is an extraordinary Gilda, Noele Stollmack's set is way cool, and conductor Joseph Rescigno is in his element.

The Skylight’s rockin’ Rent

The Skylight’s rockin’ Rent

Donna Drake directs the 1989 rock version of La Boheme, set on the mean streets of New York.

Georgia (and Gilda) on my mind

Georgia (and Gilda) on my mind

Soprano Georgia Jarman is Rigoletto's ill-fated daughter in the Florentine Opera staging of Verdi's 1851 opera.