A&E Guide: Singing to the choir
Kentucky Opera enriches the experience of existing fans
The notion that opera is so intimidating that the average person won’t attend is probably true.
A&E Guide: Striking a chord
Sarah Chang remains polished, poised and passionate
Type in “Mendelssohn Violin Concerto” on YouTube and the top video choice that pops up is Sarah Chang, performing the work 16 years ago in her debut with the New York Ph
Dance: Ballet taps into the magic of ‘Swan Lake’
It’s your typical boy-meets-girl-who-is-really-a-swan story.
Classical Music: Violist Jack Griffin half-steps on the edge
Just a half-step on the scale. Two notes.
Classical Music: Pianist Joyce Yang turns music into colors
Talking by phone from her home in New York City, Joyce Yang is explaining Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” as if she is just about to set the phone down on
Classical Music: Sorry, Verdi, your ‘Requiem’ is OK, after all
Prior to the premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Messa da Requiem,” prominent conductor and critic Hans von Bülow obtained an advance copy of the musical score.
Dance: Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ gets a $1 million facelift
The Louisville Ballet’s annual production of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” ballet gets a major re-imagining for this holiday season, with all-new sets and costumes.
Classical Music: Eighth Blackbird strut outside the box
Ensemble makes the unusual usual
There’s a snippet of video out there somewhere of Eighth Blackbird rehearsing a piece.
Opera: Of composers and novelists
Floyd happy to heed Steinbeck’s suggestion
Because the John Steinbeck novel “Of Mice and Men” has been required reading for nearly every American high school student for the past 60 years, and armies of academics have pored over
Opera: A soprano’s dream
Elizabeth Futral returns to Louisville for ‘La Traviata’
Singing the role of Violetta in the Verdi opera “La Traviata” is the stuff sopranos’ dreams are made of.
