Although the operatic art form is enjoying a period in which edgy productions are much more common, you still have to go some distance to find one that’s closer to experimental. But that’s what composer Carson Kievman has done with his new opera, Intelligent Systems, which premiered last week at the SoBe Institute of the Arts and presents its final performance tonight in the … [Read more...]
Strong Brahms, radiant Chopin at PB Symphony
Under the 16 glittering chandeliers of Mar-a-Lago, the most tastefully decorated concert hall in America, Palm Beach Symphony played to the great, the good and the glamorous: scattered among the 600 guests were stand out beautiful young women in designer evening gowns — a coterie from Donald Trump’s Miss America pageant, perhaps? Thanking Trump for his hospitality, Symphony … [Read more...]