Seattle Opera revives, freshens 'Orphee et Eurydice'
With its vibrant staging of 'Orphee et Eurydice,' Seattle Opera revitalizes composer Christoph Willibald Gluck's role as an operatic reformer.
Thomas May
Latest work
A new era begins for Seattle chamber music
The Seattle Chamber Music Society's new director, James Ehnes, may seem young, but he's also talented, knowledgeable, determined, and diplomatic.
Crosscut Tout: For music fans, a week of classical innovation across Seattle
A bold program of pioneering composers in Wallingford's music sanctuary; A pair of UW graduates make orchestra user-friendly; The Seattle Symphony unveils Morlot's inaugural season with a free performance.
Politics
Home is the warrior: Seattle Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus' confronts today's political divisions
The Seattle Shakespeare Company explores the toxic political after-effects of war in a powerful staging of this shockingly cynicial, devastatingly relevant tragedy.
Crosscut Tout: a new stage for Pacific MusicWorks
The winter program playing this weekend offers an education in an alternative form of musical drama.