Crosscut Tout: A renaissance for the Renaissance
The Early Music Guild brings highly sought Renaissance choral music ensemble Stile Antico to Seattle on Saturday (Dec. 3). A week later, Seattle Pro Musica presents a Celtic program.
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Sheila Daniels directs a richly suggestive, lively production of Shakespeare's early comic masterpiece.
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The production has a gripping Carmen and Micaela, plus an excellent conductor. But the overall impression is surprisingly restrained for an opera of unrelenting intensity.
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Seattle Opera's restrained staging of Gershwin's rousing 'Porgy'
Seattle's version admirably digs beneath the surface of this elusive classic of American identity. It avoids sentimentalizing Porgy into a saint and brings more human focus to characters who can often become caricatures. But some pivotal moments are under-emphasized.