Art: Continuum, an exhibition in collaboration with Florida Atlantic University’s master of fine arts in visual arts program that features the artwork of 10 current graduate candidates and 10 alumni, is on display at the main gallery space of the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County in Lake Worth. The exhibition, which includes paintings, ceramics and photography as well as … [Read more...]
Under Tebar, Palm Beach Symphony makes big strides
What a difference a year makes: Conductor Ramón Tebar has improved the quality of the Palm Beach Symphony by sheer force of will and good leadership. This happy band has jumped 10 notches on the Richter scale of music-making; it is unrecognizable from the orchestra we heard last year. At the opening concert of the season Wednesday night at the Society of the Four Arts, the … [Read more...]
Handsome, well-sung ‘Luisa’ at FGO hampered by weak score
Florida Grand Opera’s first-ever zarzuela production, of Federico Moreno Torroba’s Luisa Fernanda, is a handsome thing in many respects. In a production that originated at Madrid’s Teatro Real, Emilio Sagi effectively uses a simple color scheme of white, black, orange and green, plus old-fashioned theater tricks (think hand shadows on the wall of your bedroom after lights out) … [Read more...]