Ludovic Morlot shows his chops with the SSO, with the players responding with warmth and enthusiasm to his energy in the first two concerts of the new season. A new era is well begun.
Seattle Opera's production soothes and sometimes soars, but doesn't stretch.
Pacific Operaworks' Ulysses is rich, original and an inspiring rejection of comfort-food programming.
Superb casting and breathtaking music making by the orchestra produce Seattle Opera's most compelling work in many years.
A recent concert shows both the rewards and the pitfalls of Seattle Chamber Music Festival's philosophy of programming with mix-and-match musicians from the summer circuit.
