Classical
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.
May 27th, 2010 by Tom Strini
Pianist Simon Trpceski
Meet Macedonia's gift to the classical music world.
May 27th, 2010 by Tom Strini
The great Joe Johnson
The MSO's principal cellist, exiting for the Toronto Symphony, gives a fond farewell with a brilliant recital.
May 25th, 2010 by Tom Strini
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.
May 22nd, 2010 by Tom Strini
The Skylight’s rockin’ Rent
Donna Drake directs the 1989 rock version of La Boheme, set on the mean streets of New York.
May 20th, 2010 by Tom Strini
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.
May 20th, 2010 by Tom Strini
You can support arts education at MPS
a.r.t. benefit concert features local bands to fund arts programs at Milwaukee Public Schools that are facing the chopping block
May 18th, 2010 by Patti Wenzel
Old songs, new twists
Kelly Anderson, Jill Anna Ponasik and Nathan Wesselowski weave dance and a story around 26 Italian Songs and Arias.
May 14th, 2010 by Tom Strini
What is “26”?
The Milwaukee Opera Theatre's show, with Jill Anna Ponasik, Nathan Wesselowski and Kelly Anderson, requires some explanation. So does Milwaukee Opera Theatre.
May 12th, 2010 by Tom Strini
Present Music goes Middle Eastern
Trumpeter/santoorist/composer/singer Amir ElSaffar and friends bring Iraqi music to Milwaukee.
May 9th, 2010 by Tom Strini
East Meets West Meets Jazz at Present Music Saturday
Amir ElSaffar's journey from classical trumpeter to jazz man to student of Iragi Maqam to muscial integrator
May 7th, 2010 by Tom Strini
de Waart, MSO and Chorus
Transcendent singing and playing in two profound works, Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms and Brahms' A German Requiem.
May 1st, 2010 by Tom Strini
