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Leonore Overture

collects the music and arts criticism of Keith Powers

All in Opera

Apr 8
Apr 8 "He was trying to be a good communist; we all were": The Boston Symphony Orchestra's Shostakovich box set

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Composers, Classical Music, Opera, Vocal music, Tanglewood

Leonore Overture

Mar 31
Mar 31 …the blackbird whistling, or just after: Balanchine, Coltrane, Pearlman

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Leonore Overture

Mar 18
Mar 18 Two reviews: Boston Lyric Opera's The Seasons with ARC, Peart, Tanowitz; Boston Symphony Orchestra with Abrams, Chen, iFans

Arts Commentary, Opera, Poetry, Dance, Classical Music, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Leonore Overture

Feb 27
Feb 27 Mark Adamo's Lysistrata: "No" means no—war, that is. OO/BMOP, with Gil Rose, comically portrays the resistance.

Opera, Classical Music, Composers, Boston, Vocal music

Classical Voice North America

Feb 6
Feb 6 From CVNA: Die tote Stadt, Boston Symphony Orchestra's semi-staging of Erich Korngold's 1920's opera

Boston, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Opera, Classical Music, Vocal music

Classical Voice North America

Oct 22
Oct 22 Latry at the BSO, Mitridate at the BLO. Thibaudet takes over the weekend.

Boston, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Classical Music, Chamber Music, Early Music, Opera, Vocal music

Leonore Overture

Oct 6
Oct 6 From Opera News: Boston Early Music Festival's Circé, 4 June 2023

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Opera News

Sep 29
Sep 29 Chamber Music Events, October 2023: Tributes to Fine, Rakowski, Zorn, Rorem, Patterson

Chamber Music, Boston, Classical Music, Visual Arts, North Shore, Opera

Leonore Overture

Sep 8
Sep 8 VALIS, Eichler, Madama Butterly: upcoming events

Boston, Classical Music, Composers, Essays, Opera, Theater, Vocal music

Leonore Overture

May 25
May 25 Four years in the planning, the Boston Early Music Festival returns.

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Leonore Overture