Monthly Archives: February 1999

A Trivial Traviata

THE L.A. OPERA’S CURRENT LA TRAVIATA — its second attempt to scale the expressive heights of Verdi’s irresistible tragedy — is its best production so far this season (five down, two to go), but that, alas, isn’t saying very much. … Continue reading

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Hands and Feats

It was a week of pianists: top-dollar virtuosos at the Music Center, an early-music specialist at a “historic site,” a new-music specialist at the County Museum, brains and brawn with the L.A. Chamber Orchestra at Glendale’s Alex. If the results … Continue reading

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Sir Edward and the Sow's Ear

Photo courtesy Allegro Films By the same distance that the Elgar Cello Concerto is a better piece of music than the Rach 3, so is Hilary and Jackie a more honorable piece of movie making than Shine. As a teller … Continue reading

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Taking No Prisoners

Photo by Diane AlancraigWithin a few days last week, a fearless listener could have taken in a wildly diverse and mostly wonderful panorama of new-music creativity and ended up the better for the effort. Just as a sample: At the … Continue reading

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