Entertainment & Arts
Giuseppe Verdi’s 200th birthday celebration resumes in Southern California this weekend with the three-day Italian Opera Festival at the Soka Performing Arts Center in Aliso Viejo.
Oct. 25, 2013
Verdi’s 200th birthday tributes begin with O.C. Italian Opera Festival
It was only a decade ago that part of the competition among members of the period performance movement involved how few musicians could be employed in a Baroque concerto: It became routine to hear them played one instrument to a part, assuring linear clarity (given sufficiently skilled players)--and a smaller budget.
Sept. 5, 1993
Few young girls have been given as magical a Christmas gift as Clara, the heroine of Tchaikovsky’s ballet, “Nutcracker.”
Dec. 11, 1987
History reveled in itself Wednesday night at Cal State Long Beach, on the penultimate program of the mid-summer guitar and lute concert series.
July 26, 1996
HANUKKAH: The eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, recalling the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple in 165 BC, will begin Wednesday evening.
Dec. 4, 1993
The period group Musica Angelica brings to life seldom-heard Baroque compositions linked to the Americas.
Sept. 14, 2004
Only five months since its incorporation, Ventura County’s New West Symphony has so far eluded the financial troubles that plagued the cash-strapped orchestras it replaced.
Nov. 15, 1995
Review: Finding connections at the Laguna Dance Festival
Sept. 9, 2012
In honor of its 10th anniversary year, the Corona del Mar Baroque Festival will feature . . . business as usual.
May 30, 1990