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T.L. Ponick

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OPERA: Pitch-perfect 'Beggar's'

Castleton kickoff: Thumbs up

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

On the site of a historic farm in a corner of Rappahannock County not far from Warrenton, Va., the brand new Castleton Festival opened its doors this past weekend. Highlights included tours, lectures and boffo performances of two rarely heard operatic works.

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Castleton focus on rising stars

N.Y. Philharmonic conductor to host, train young musicians in chamber operas, singing

Friday, July 3, 2009

Across the country, summertime is festival time. From music to theater to dance, small towns and rural areas alike blossom with first-rate entertainment that attracts vacationers looking to add a little culture to their busy schedules.

OPERA: Musicians put fun into 'Cosi'

Monday, June 29, 2009

Wolf Trap Opera Company's update of Mozart's most good-natured operas, "Cosi fan tutte," gets rather badly scrambled up somewhere along the way.

MUSIC: BSO and Hahn superb together

Monday, June 8, 2009

Under the baton of music director Marin Alsop, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra returned to the Music Center at Strathmore Saturday to present the East Coast premiere of Jennifer Higdon's new Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. The new work was bookended in this inventive program by Beethoven's "Egmont Overture" and Dvorak's rarely heard Symphony No. 5 in F Major, Op. 76.

OPERA: WCO takes 'Oath' to superb level

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

The Washington Concert Opera sprang a surprise treat Sunday on its near-capacity audience at Lisner Auditorium.

PONICK: 'Turandot' a grand finale

Dark tone tells tale of a shallow love

Thursday, May 21, 2009

The Washington National Opera's colorful production of Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot" is a fantastic way for the company to end its season at the Kennedy Center. It truly puts the "grand" back in grand opera.

MUSIC: Domingo's 'Latin Soul'

Big crowd rallies to gala concert

Monday, May 4, 2009

The Washington National Opera's gala concert, "From My Latin Soul," starring the company's general director, Placido Domingo, was a welcome break in the operatic gloom of an unexpectedly turbulent year.

OPERA: D.C. 'Siegfried' tricks an illness

Monday, May 4, 2009

The Washington National Opera faced one of its most daunting potential disasters to date Saturday evening as it opened a limited run of its long-awaited new production of "Siegfried" at the Kennedy Center Opera House.

MUSIC: Shankars classic in sitar virtuosity

Anoushka, Ravi 'converse' in music

Monday, April 27, 2009

Already a highly respected musician in his own country, Ravi Shankar first burst into European and American popular consciousness in the late 1960s when the Beatles' lead guitarist, George Harrison, decided to broaden his own musical horizons by becoming the Indian sitar master's devoted pupil.

MUSIC: From 'U St.' to Harlem

Musical tribute to black artistry

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The In Series' latest snappy cabaret-style production, "From U St. to the Cotton Club," evokes with near perfection, in word and song, the meteoric rise and eventual demise of the Harlem Renaissance.

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