Triumph Over Adversity Festival Brings Dynamic New Talent to O.C.
The darkest years of the pandemic are behind us, but their memory lingers. The sudden shutdown of public life was one of many upheavals that threatened to tear apart the...
February 17, 2023
National Endowment for the Arts Chair Talks in O.C.
When President Biden nominated Maria Rosario Jackson to head the National Endowment for the Arts in October 2021, the appointment was groundbreaking but inevitable. Groundbreaking because Jackson is the nation’s...
February 10, 2023
Orange County Gets a Big Dose of Muti Magic
REVIEW: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of its departing conductor, delivers a program that showcases its gifts. Half a century ago, Riccardo Muti, then a wunderkind near the...
January 27, 2023
Pacific Symphony Mounts a Surefire Production of Verdi’s ‘Otello’ in Segerstrom Concert Hall
REVIEW: Tenor Carl Tanner reprises the title role that he sang at the Metropolitan Opera in a commanding performance. It was time once again for the Pacific Symphony’s annual opera...
April 8, 2022
How the Pandemic Made UCI Composer Michael Dessen’s World Go Zoom
If you’ve ever been in a video meeting, you’ve had this experience: Someone’s lips move, and a fraction of a second later, you hear the sound of their voice. That...
September 11, 2020
