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  • CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEW

    Give young conservatory a chance

    Carson Kievman is a man on a musical mission. Three years ago the energetic 58-year-old composer launched his SoBe Music Institute in a rundown Miami Beach park clubhouse.

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  • OPERA

    Soprano makes a comeback in black dress

    Deborah Voigt is back, in black. The American soprano has returned to the Royal Opera House stage four years after the company fired her for being too big for the little black dress chosen for the title character in Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos. The decision sparked a fierce debate about weight discrimination in opera.

  • CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEW

    Buoyant, homegrown music ignites concert

    Seraphic Fire's luminous, scrupulously refined vocalism in classical repertoire is so well-known a commodity that one is constantly taken aback by the group's ability to tackle populist genres that seem light years removed from its home ground.

  • Concert showcases Zukerman's taste and intelligence

    With the instrument's inherent qualities of elegance and nostalgia, a flute recital is perfect summer fare and just the thing to banish the miseries de la humaine.

  • Bravo! | Seraphic Fire, Eugenia Zukerman and the Miami Guitar Festival

    Seraphic Fire will present a special summer encore run of its popular Amazing Grace program, performed last November and now available on the choir's self-produced CD. The program traces the celebrated hymn through a variety of American music from rural Appalachia and country to the folk, bluegrass and gospel traditions.

  • Israeli fiddler plays with Russian fire

    Gaping voids remain on the local music scene, but the inexorably expanding season is an encouraging sign. Not too long ago, Miami's classical season was over by April, and here we are in June with major artists still appearing.

  • Bravo! | Mainly Mozart and Sunday Afternoons of Music

    The Mainly Mozart Festival will turn mostly Mendelssohn this Sunday with an offbeat program featuring half of the Amernet String Quartet. Amernet violinist Marcia Littley Arias and cellist Javier Arias will team up with pianist José Lopez for Mozart's Piano Trio in B flat K. 502, Hummel's Piano Trio in G major, Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in C Minor and two excerpts from Fanny Mendelssohn's The Year. Performance time is 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the Westin Colonnade Hotel, 180 Aragon...

  • Cleveland Orchestra partners with Miami City Ballet

    with Miami City Ballet The Cleveland Orchestra's 2009 Miami season will launch a three-year partnership with Miami City Ballet in addition to its concerts at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.

  • CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEW

    Guitarist Romero sparks season finale

    Orchestra Miami's 2008 concerts have put the emphasis on guest artists to spark ticket sales rather than showcasing the fledgling ensemble in its own right.

  • MUSIC

    Lineup set for Sunday Afternoons

    Sunday Afternoons of Music's 2008-2009 season will serve up a varied lineup of chamber, vocal and instrumental recitals. Violinist Elmar Oliveira will open the season on Sept. 7, followed by a genre-crossing program of classical and jazz on Sept. 28 with the Bergonzi String Quartet and pianist Shelton Berg, dean of the University of Miami's Frost School of Music.

  • Bravo! | Orchestra Miami

    Orchestra Miami will close its short season at 8 p.m. Saturday with a significant local premiere featuring Angel Romero. The acclaimed Spanish musician returns as soloist in David Chesky's Guitar Concerto, a work that fuses Latin elements, including flamenco, within a traditional classical style. Conductor Elaine Rinaldi will also lead the orchestra in Mozart's Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, Rodrigo's Three Traditional Dance Airs and Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony. At the University...

  • OPERA REVIEW

    Miami Lyric Opera reaches a high point with `Lucia'

    When Raffaele Cardone launched his Miami Lyric Opera four years ago, the reaction from other arts organizations ranged from bemusement to disdain. How could a retired tenor with no management experience expect to mount opera performances in as difficult a market as Miami, let alone hope to achieve any degree of artistic merit?

  • TEATRO COLON

    Argentine gem will miss its 100th birthday party

    It's enough to make the great Caruso weep. Today, on its 100th birthday, the Teatro Colón, this city's cultural jewel and one of the world's most majestic opera houses, is closed and on the verge of disintegration, a victim of the ravages of politics, incompetence and time.

  • Bravo! | Miami Lyric Opera and Mainly Mozart Festival

    If you missed Miami Lyric Opera's May 17 production of Lucia di Lammermoor, a repeat performance is slated for 8 p.m. Saturday at the Colony Theater, offering an ideal opportunity for dinner and opera on Lincoln Road. Donizetti's tragic tale of the innocent Lucia, who is forced into a loveless marriage to aid her treacherous brother's fortunes, is one of the glories of the bel canto repertoire, containing such celebrated set pieces as Lucia's mad scene and the Act 2 sextet. Darynn Zimmer will...

  • OPERA REVIEW

    Family conflict in Carly Simon opera rings true

    In the past decade, there has been a procession of pop artists trying their hands at classical music with mixed results, from the bloated and pretentious (Paul McCartney, Roger Waters) to a more natural synthesis of rock and classical (Joe Jackson).

  • Father, son and all that jazz

    Richard Stoltzman is that rare breed of classical musician, an artist whose communicative skill and buoyant personality seem effortlessly to transcend all musical boundaries.

  • CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEW

    Seraphic Fire's season closer has piecemeal quality

    Over six seasons, Seraphic Fire has become as lauded for its versatility as for its polished, scrupulously prepared performances. Led by artistic director Patrick Dupre Quigley, the choir has tackled everything from Palestrina and Brahms to gospel, Caribbean music, Sephardic chant and contemporary works, with largely successful results.

  • CLASSICAL MUSIC ON DVD

    Piano fest is over, but still lives on

    The 2008 Miami International Piano Festival closed on Sunday but, increasingly, the festival's performances are circulating far and wide. Video Artists International has issued a dozen DVDs of festival performances, and two recent VAI releases show the festival at its finest with a pair of extraordinary performances from 2007.

  • Bravo! | Seraphic Fire

    Most Seraphic Fire performances showcase the choir as a collective, but this weekend's season-closing program, Music for Kings, will present Seraphic Fire members in the solo spotlight in opera and oratorio arias by Handel and Mozart. Patrick Dupré Quigley will lead the singers and a chamber orchestra in arias and choruses from Israel in Egypt, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro and other works. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday at Coral Gables Congregational Church...

  • CLASSICAL MUSIC

    Concert Association moves worry ticket subscribers

    Ten days ago, London's Philharmonia Orchestra roared out the end of Mahler's Symphony No. 1, closing the Concert Association of Florida's season on a resoundingly successful note.

  • Two notable debuts at piano festival

    Since its origins, the Miami International Piano Festival's ''Discovery Series'' has been a showcase principally for young 20-something artists at the beginning of their careers ---- and sometimes even those in their teens, in the case of the French pianist Lise de la Salle who performed here a year ago.

  • CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEW

    Piano fest opens with flair

    In the 20th-century the Eurocentric keyboard literature of Chopin, Beethoven, and Brahms was enriched by an unexpected profusion of works created by Spanish and South American composers.

  • Bravo! | Miami International Piano Festival

    The Miami International Piano Festival continues through Sunday with three wide-ranging recitals and the traditional Concerto Night closer.

  • CLASSICAL MUSIC

    Seraphic Fire to unveil chamber orchestra this fall

    Seraphic Fire's 2008-2009 season will feature the debut of its chamber orchestra, an expansion to nine programs, and a return to performances in Palm Beach County.

  • PERFORMING ARTS

    3 classical concerts canceled

    The Concert Association of Florida has canceled three classical events slated for the 2008-09 season at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, indicating a burgeoning fiscal and artistic crisis at the Miami presenting organization.

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