By Greg StepanichFORT LAUDERDALE -- The subscription renewals table in the lobby of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts at intermission Saturday night looked promising for the next season of Florida Grand Opera.If it turns out to have been a good night for the Miami company to have signed up returning opera fans, it will have a Chinese soprano to thank.Shu-Ying Li, who … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: April 23-27
England's Chichester Cathedral.Music: The Master Chorale of South Florida wraps its 2008-09 season with the Chichester Psalms of Leonard Bernstein, proof positive that it was good for the composer to stay away from conducting for a while and write; it was his 1965 sabbatical from the New York Philharmonic that engendered the creation of this classic of contemporary choral … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Feb. 6-8
An octopus tries to keep his beloved from becoming dinner, in Julien Bocabeille's Oktapodi, a French animated feature. Film: One of the most frequent questions I am asked about the Oscars is “Where can I see the nominated short films?” There has not been a good answer to that until Emerging Cinemas in Lake Worth, the best place around to see non-studio releases, both … [Read more...]