Culture Living American composers! In Seattle! <i>New Yorker</i> critic Alex Ross, one of the curators of Icebreaker Festival. by Thomas May / January 30, 2008
Culture Seattle Opera's Pagliacci: more is less Gordon Hawkins (left, in car) and Antonello Palombi (right, waving, in car), in Seattle Opera's <i>Pagliacci</i>. (Rozarii Lynch) by Thomas May / January 14, 2008
Culture Getting down at Town Hall, cellist Joshua Roman does Radiohead Joshua Roman. (Tina Su) by Thomas May / January 13, 2008
Culture A double dose of Gerard Schwarz conducting the SSO Conductor Gerard Schwarz lets Bizet's youthful lyricism flow by Thomas May / November 18, 2007
Culture Seattle Symphony under Stéphane Denève: firing on all cylinders Stéphane Denève, music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. by Thomas May / November 4, 2007
Culture Stephen Sondheim's most-produced musical, somewhat defanged Michael Hunsaker as the Wolf and Ireland Woods as Little Red Ridinghood in <i>Into the Woods</i> at the 5th Avenue Theatre. (Chris Bennion) by Thomas May / October 29, 2007
Wrapping up the Central Europe Music Festival The Seattle Symphony Orchestra should take more such risks. by Thomas May / June 14, 2007
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... by Thomas May / June 5, 2007
Eschenbach's unhappy Philly Orchestra: blazing and brilliant Philadelphia Orchestra conductor Christoph Eschenbach. (Chris Lee) by Thomas May / May 30, 2007