by Julie Riggott | May 15, 2014 | Theater and Dance |
Writer, actor and activist Timothy Conigrave’s best-selling memoir “Holding the Man” (winner of the United Nations Human Rights Award for Non-Fiction and listed as one of the “100 Favorite Australian Books” by the Australian Society of Authors) is one of Australia’s...
by Julie Riggott | May 6, 2014 | Theater and Dance |
Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz presents Clémentine Célarié’s one-woman show Dans la Peau d’un Noir (Black Like Me) on Wednesday and Thursday, May 14 and 15, at 7:30 p.m. Performed in French with English subtitles, Dans la Peau d’un Noir adapts John Howard...
by Julie Riggott | Mar 17, 2014 | Classical Music and Opera |
To composer Gaetano Donizetti, Scotland was a mysterious realm of forbidding landscapes and fierce tribes, no less exotic than an Arabian souk. A real incident in the 17th century, in which Scotswoman Janet Dalrymple stabbed her husband on their wedding night,...
by Julie Riggott | Mar 11, 2014 | Classical Music and Opera |
There are only about 650 Stradivarius instruments in existence — including violins, violas, cellos, harps and guitars. So the fact that the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is gathering eight violins from the 17th and 18th centuries (the Strad’s Golden Period) for a...
by Julie Riggott | Mar 3, 2014 | Classical Music and Opera |
In the fog of a mid-life crisis, Ukrainian-born pianist Valentina Lisitsa almost gave up music. Now, she is among today’s most popular classical musicians with a global concert career and a Decca recording contract. Lisitsa will make her American Youth Symphony (AYS)...
