A music series that employs a dedication to the rarer reaches of the repertory is necessarily about discovery, and when it all comes together, there’s a rich feeling of satisfaction when a well-programmed concert ends. The first series of concerts this past weekend in the 23rd iteration of the Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival fulfilled its mission of finding worthy, … [Read more...]
FGO’s beautifully sung ‘Thaïs’ could use a little more heat
The operas of Jules Massenet are not as admired today as they once were in the last 20 years of the 19th century, when works such as Manon, Werther, Sapho and many others made the industrious French composer a wealthy and famous man. He has been much abused by history for his willingness to cater to the mass taste of his day and making no absolutely bones about it. “I don’t … [Read more...]