Culture
Seattle Symphony under Stéphane Denève: firing on all cylinders
The young French conductor coaxes a thrilling and revelatory performance.
Thomas May
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Culture
Stephen Sondheim's most-produced musical, somewhat defanged
5th Avenue Theatre mounts Into the Woods, an intricate reworking of fairy tales, with many a twist. The production has marvelous moments and an excellent cast, but it steers a little too far from the dark side of Sondheim's musical imagination.
Seattle & King County
Wrapping up the Central Europe Music Festival
The Seattle Symphony Orchestra should take more such risks.
Seattle & King County
Seattle Symphony opens the doors on Bartok's elusive opera
The rarely staged Bluebeard's Castle is given a compelling performance as part of the symphony's Central Europe Music Festival. A work of fascinating symbolic power, Bartok's sole opera was enriched in this concert staging by glass artworks from Dale Chihuly.
Seattle & King County
Eschenbach's unhappy Philly Orchestra: blazing and brilliant
Badly at odds with its conductor, these musicians somehow manage to perform a powerhouse Berlioz at Benaroya Hall.