tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306002052012-01-30T17:46:34.714-06:00Stage LeftA theatrical blog and occasional podcast of CD reviews, news and interviews from the world of stage, screen, cabaret and related places.Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.comBlogger2701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-69724386318437554492012-01-30T17:45:00.000-06:002012-01-30T17:46:34.723-06:00EspañaWho: Dance St. Louis
What: Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater
When: January 27 and 28, 2012
Where: The Touhill Performing Arts Center
Boléro
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The first Dance St. Louis program of the year was a stunner. The artistry and athleticism of the Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater lit up the Touhill this weekend with an exhilarating and colorful evening of Spanish RegionalChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-40728677036708884732012-01-29T21:04:00.000-06:002012-01-29T21:04:38.819-06:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of January 30, 2012[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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Who: Winter Opera
What: Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos
When: January 27 and 29, 2012
Where: The Women’s Center
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Winter Opera’s ambitious production of Strauss’s seriocomic Ariadne auf Naxos was impressive, given the size of the cast and intellectual complexity of the piece.
The combination of mythological drama and bel canto–style comedy might have been a bit of a Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-25380515768798298472012-01-28T15:16:00.000-06:002012-01-28T15:17:03.123-06:00Personal bests
[Above: Arnaldo Cohen plays Rachmaninoff]
Who: Pianist Arnaldo Cohen and The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christopher Warren-Green
What: Music of Sibelius, Liszt, and Tchaikovsky
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: January 27–29, 2012
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The word “substitute” often has pejorative undertones, but this weekend at Powell Hall defies them. Pianist Arnaldo Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-4573415708055762652012-01-24T14:40:00.001-06:002012-01-24T14:40:52.676-06:00Love and death
Who: Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by David Robertson
What: Music of Wagner, Sibelius, and John Adams
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: January 21 and 22, 2012
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“Love and Death”. It’s not only a classic Woody Allen movie, it’s also the theme of John Adams’s massive choral cantata Harmonium, the Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-88593394042558524732012-01-23T10:48:00.001-06:002012-01-23T10:50:38.183-06:00A hard rain's a-gonna fall
(L to R): Michael James Reed as Joey and Joey Collins as Denny.
©Photo by Jerry Naunheim, Jr.
Who: The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
What: A Steady Rain
When: January 21 through February 5, 2012
Where: The Studio Theatre at the Loretto-Hilton Center
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The Rep’s production of Keith Huff’s drama A Steady Rain is a classic example of a less than satisfying script turned into Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-69822577008771908482012-01-22T20:38:00.002-06:002012-01-26T11:27:47.806-06:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of January 23, 2012
Revised Thursday, January 26, 2011
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Christine Brewer
Who: Soprano Christine Brewer and The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson
What: Music of Dvořák, George Crumb, and Richard Strauss
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: January 13 and 14, 2012
Darkness was audible at the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra this weekend with a slightly rocky but satisfying Dvořák Seventh Symphony and a uniformly Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-4859278978906078682012-01-15T22:36:00.000-06:002012-01-16T23:05:40.160-06:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of January 16, 2012[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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What: La Cage Aux Folles
Where: The Fox Theatre, St. Louis
When: January 3 through 15, 2011
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Tuesday night, January 3, a few thousand Iowa Republicans watched passengers in the GOP clown car argue over who hated gays and lesbians the most. Around the same time, a few thousand St. Louis theatregoers watched a splendid performance of one of the most gay friendly Broadway Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-82110894207662295042012-01-09T00:18:00.000-06:002012-01-10T23:12:35.295-06:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of January 9, 2012[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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John Williams receiving the2009 National Medal of Arts
Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, and Children’s Chorus conducted by David Robertson
What: Movie Music of John Williams
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: December 29 and 30, 2011
The St. Louis Symphony is revving up for its annual New Year’s Eve gala with a two-night celebration of the film music of John Williams, Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-63378095190588040192011-12-25T16:13:00.001-06:002011-12-30T18:44:59.165-06:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of December 26, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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Lillian Hellman
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True confessions time: I’m a slacker. Although I’ve been on the board and the play reading committee at the West End Players Guild for years, I haven’t really been reading my fair share of scripts.
Of course, the combination of a full-time career at AT&T and a part-time (albeit unpaid) career at 88.1 KDHX tended to diminish my enthusiasm for other Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-64065606935218070122011-12-11T21:55:00.001-06:002011-12-16T21:35:41.814-06:00Sleigh bells ring-a-ding-ding
What: Christmas with the Rat Pack – Live at the Sands
When: December 7 – 18, 2011
Where: The Fox Theatre
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This is the season for guilty pleasures, and one of mine is that Lexus of celebrity impersonation shows, “The Rat Pack Live at the Sands”. The Christmas version is at the Fox, and if the Frank Sinatra I saw on opening night was not all that convincing, the spot-on Dean Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-35870628051106099882011-12-11T18:19:00.001-06:002011-12-14T11:40:55.140-06:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of December 12, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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Osvaldo Golijov
Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ward Stare with violinist Jennifer Koh
What: Music of Schubert, Vivaldi, and Osvaldo Golijov
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: December 2 through 4, 2011
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Friday night St. Louis Symphony Resident Conductor Ward Stare had neither score nor baton but lots of panache when he stepped up to the podiumChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-59980570942908198912011-12-04T21:53:00.001-06:002011-12-06T15:15:13.575-06:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of December 5, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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Celeste Golden Boyer
Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson with violinist Celeste Golden Boyer and the Juan Carmona ensemble
What: Music of Chabrier, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, and Juan Carmona
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: November 25 and 26, 2011
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A longer than usual Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra concert Friday night was also long onChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-16760493166011806542011-11-27T12:38:00.001-06:002011-11-27T13:15:06.906-06:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of November 28, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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Erin Schreiber
Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson with violinist Erin Schreiber
What: Music of Purcell, Berio, and Bruckner
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: November 18 and 19, 2011
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Writers of music criticism seem unable to discuss the symphonies of Anton Bruckner without invoking the imagery of the Gothic cathedral. Perhaps thatChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-23337245033111708562011-11-20T21:41:00.001-06:002011-11-20T21:52:15.590-06:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of November 21, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jun Märkl with pianist Horacio Gutiérrez
What: Music of Beethoven, Richard Strauss, and Ravel
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: November 11 through 13, 2011
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The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra marked Veteran's Day with a heroic performance by pianist Horacio Gutiérrez and conductor Jun Märkl of Beethoven's Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-77593272647784983642011-11-06T23:14:00.001-06:002011-11-06T23:15:25.573-06:00Et in Arcadia Ego
Stèphane Denève
Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Stèphane Denève with pianist Eric Le Sage
What: Music of Schumann and Ravel
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: November 4 and 5, 2011
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If I had a plethora of laurel wreathes (is that the right collective noun?) to throw around I’d crown the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, guest conductor Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-68884914184782666372011-11-06T23:05:00.003-06:002011-11-08T20:44:52.346-06:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of November 7, 2011
Updated Tuesday, November 8, 2011
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J.P. Viernes as Billy ElliotPhoto by Joan Marcus
What: Billy Elliot – the Musical
When: November 1–13, 2011
Where: The Fox Theatre, St. Louis
I’ve never seen Billy Elliot, the 1990 film on which Billy Elliot – the Musical is based, so I can’t say how effective lyricist and playwright Lee Hall has been in adapting his own screenplay to the stage. What I can say is that while the show has much Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-45827188790861969982011-10-30T19:26:00.004-05:002011-11-04T16:33:58.245-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of October 31, 2001
Updated Friday, November 4, 2011
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Amidst all the celebration of the St. Louis Cardinals 2011 World Series victory (our home team’s 11th), I’d like to pause to recognize a somewhat obscure theatrical connection.
The team the redbirds beat, the Texas Rangers, turned 50 this year. This was also their first World Series, so even though they lost, Rangers fans can take some joy in simply getting the pennant for the first time. Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-62562058092495609722011-10-23T22:42:00.003-05:002011-10-27T14:19:44.552-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of October 24, 2011
Updated Thursday, October 27, 2011
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Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko with piano soloist Olga Kern
What: Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and Elgar
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: October 21 - 23, 2011
Every artist has his or her “greatest hit” – a work with which he or she is uniquely identified. Think of Bogart’s Sam Spade, Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, or Rachmaninoff’s Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-40883900104436696692011-10-21T22:43:00.005-05:002011-10-22T12:22:16.756-05:00Casey at the Bat
Jack Norworth
Insert your own joke about
being married to Norah Bayes.
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As I’m writing this, everybody here in St. Louis has gotten World Series fever, the more acute version of the Pennant Fever everyone had while Just a Song at Twilight was enjoying a two-week run at the Missouri History Museum. Had I but known that was going to happen, I would have included that hymn to Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-3013269607319640582011-10-20T16:18:00.003-05:002011-10-20T22:56:34.767-05:00After the Ball is Over
Photo by Gerry Love
When somebody says goodbye to me
I’m sad as I can be.
Not so with this loving Romeo
He seemed to take a lot of pleasure saying bye-bye to his treasure.
- Gus Kahn, “Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Goo’ Bye)”
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I wouldn’t say that it was a lot of pleasure saying good-bye to my one-man show Just a Song at Twilight, which just concluded an immensely satisfying two-weekChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-71333071862406116032011-10-17T14:21:00.001-05:002011-10-20T16:25:30.120-05:00Just a Songlist at Twilight
With my Vaudeville cabaret show, Just a Song at Twilight, having completed a two-week revival at the Missouri History Museum, this seemed as good a time as any to provide an on-line version of the song list.
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Just a Song at Twilight – The Golden Age of Vaudeville
Chuck Lavazzi, Writer and Performer
Tim Schall, Director
Carol Schmidt, Music Director
Musical arrangements by Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-1339919845141403502011-10-15T23:24:00.001-05:002011-10-16T22:40:22.301-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of October 17, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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Revised Saturday, October 15, 2011
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George Gershwin's portrait of Arnold Schoenberg
Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson and Ward Stare
What: An American in Paris
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: September 30, 2011
Friday’s St. Louis Symphony Concert was one of a series of local arts events kicking off the American Arts Experience—St. Louis, an annual seventeen-day festival “Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-91719436694799862602011-10-02T22:57:00.005-05:002011-10-05T21:39:06.313-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of October 3, 2011Updated Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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[Updated Saturday, October 1, 2011]
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Steven Mackey on "Stumble to Grace"
Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and pianist Orli Shaham conducted by David Robertson
What: Music of Mackey and Mahler
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: September 23 and 24, 2011
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In the program notes for the world premiere of his Stumble to Grace for piano and orchestra, composer Steven Mackey credits Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-89215260156172786362011-09-18T23:07:00.001-05:002011-09-24T23:32:26.753-05:00Triple time
Les Noces by the
Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by David Robertson
What: An all-Stravinsky program
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: September 16 and 17, 2011
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The St. Louis Symphony kicked off the 2011–2012 season this weekend with a triple shot of energetic and often brutal Stravinsky ballet scores that show Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-39253813786392540812011-09-18T22:31:00.002-05:002011-09-22T19:32:24.267-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of September 19, 2011
Updated Thursday, September 22
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Bugs as "Leopold"
Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Daugherty
What: Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: September 10 and 11, 2011
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I don’t know about anyone else, but my first exposure to classical music came from watching Saturday morning cartoons. Bits of Franz von Suppé’s overtures, in particular, were drilledChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-68989120677148191572011-09-11T23:07:00.001-05:002011-09-13T21:24:20.386-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of September 12, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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[Updated Friday, September 9, 2011]
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I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what bloggers do. If I have left Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-46735047406604610382011-08-22T19:54:00.001-05:002011-08-22T19:58:08.765-05:00Death and the Maiden
Jordan Shanahan, Elise Quagliata
© Ron Lindsey, 2011
Who: Union Avenue Opera
What: Dead Man Walking
When: August 19 through 27, 2011
Where: Union Avenue Christian Church
As I’ve noted in the past, Union Avenue Opera isn’t shy about tackling material that pushes the company’s artistic and physical limits. Sometimes, as with last month’s Turandot, the results have been mixed. With Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-61923174057656996202011-08-21T18:13:00.004-05:002011-08-22T19:44:59.396-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of August 22, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what bloggers do. If I have left Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-16272596104227923622011-08-15T00:25:00.002-05:002011-08-21T18:10:13.580-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of August 15, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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I’ve spent some electrons here in the past commenting on the how Masterworks Broadway has been releasing a lot of material that disappeared from the catalogs when everything went digital many years ago. They’re available as downloads through all major digital service providers and as disc-on-demand, with the original cover art and liner notes, via Arkivmusic.com and Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-58063063803700627022011-08-08T16:49:00.004-05:002011-08-09T21:01:01.333-05:00Hear here
Tim Schall
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As promised in my last post, here’s everything you need to know about auditing sessions at the St. Louis Cabaret Conference this week. Attending as an auditor doesn’t allow you to perform but it does let you watch other performers work and get valuable feedback from faculty members Andrea Marcovicci, Jason Graae, Shelly Markham and Rick Jensen. AndChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-74773373439561142342011-08-06T14:27:00.001-05:002011-08-06T14:29:45.062-05:00A Taste of Cabaret
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If you follow this blog at all (c’mon – there must be somebody who does), you probably have read about the St. Louis Cabaret Conference at some point. This year’s conference takes place August 11 through 14, culminating in a participant showcase on Sunday, August 14, at the Bistro at Grand Center.
If you’re not familiar with the conference, check out my article about thisChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-13489964479018670992011-08-06T13:48:00.001-05:002011-08-08T16:37:56.827-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of August 8, 2001Updated Monday, August 8, 2011
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I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what bloggers do. If I have left your Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-32808344047457553552011-07-30T17:37:00.001-05:002011-07-30T17:39:18.220-05:00Cinderella story
Abigail Fischer
© Ron Lindsey, 2011All rights reserved.
Who: Union Avenue Opera
What: La Cenerentola
When: July 29 through August 7, 2011
Where: Union Avenue Christian Church
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Rossini’s romantic comedy La Cenerentola, based in part on the classic fairy tale Cinderella, was your prototypical rush job. He threw it together in three weeks at the end of 1816 when the libretto Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-84321422839532056982011-07-24T21:38:00.004-05:002011-07-28T20:09:01.850-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of July 25, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what bloggers do. If I have left your Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-70488966335678257632011-07-19T14:50:00.001-05:002011-07-19T23:28:11.100-05:00Sly Fox
The following item turned up in my email today. This will probably come as good news to those of us who have remarked on how uncomfortable it gets in the Fox in hot weather. What I found interesting (especially in light of the radical right's view that energy conservation is somehow subversive) is the decision to replace their incandescent blubs with LEDs and CFLs. Like most businesses, the Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-34044263997432308452011-07-10T15:35:00.001-05:002011-07-14T22:39:42.095-05:00Red China
Image © Ron Lindsey, 2011, all rights reserved
Who: Union Avenue Opera
What: Turandot
Where: Union Avenue Christian Church
When: July 8 through 16, 2011
Turandot is one of the most popular and, in many ways, most controversial of Puccini’s operas. Left unfinished at the time of the composer’s death in 1924, it has never been given a fully satisfactory finale. Critical opinion has been Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-34548265300575865562011-07-10T15:25:00.004-05:002011-07-15T22:49:38.037-05:00St, Louis theatre calendar for the week of July 11, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what bloggers do. If I have left your Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-41289271815366913272011-07-02T14:53:00.000-05:002011-07-02T14:53:47.474-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of July 4, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what bloggers do. If I have left your Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-2303343537100756092011-06-28T21:55:00.002-05:002011-06-28T21:55:18.033-05:00This showed up in my inbox today. Masterworks Broadway has been
releasing a lot of material that disappeared from the catalogs when
everything went digital many years ago. Here's the latest set,
including some very obscure goodies. It's interesting that
arkivmusic.com in involved as they are primarily a classical music label
(they're owned by Steinway - not to be confused, apparently, Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-34172774893724393632011-06-25T15:08:00.002-05:002011-06-26T11:51:14.033-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of Jun 27, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what bloggers do. If I have left your Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-73317173785194350442011-06-21T15:48:00.001-05:002011-06-21T15:49:23.833-05:00The Kids Are All RightJust got the following press release from Opera Theatre of St. Louis. This confirms my own observation that younger audience members are starting to show up at local opera and classical music performances. It's an encouraging trend.
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OPERA THEATRE YOUNG FRIENDS PROGRAM SEES MARKED GROWTH DURING 2011 SEASON
Final 2011 Young Friends Event is June 23 Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-46519311762028928472011-06-18T15:35:00.002-05:002011-06-19T20:17:12.445-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of June 20, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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Who: Opera Theatre of St. Louis
What: The Death of Klinghoffer
When: June 15 through June 25, 2011
Where: The Loretto-Hilton Center
If you want to know why The Death of Klinghoffer, the 1991 opera by John Adams and Alice Goodman, poses such a challenge for audiences, you need look no further than the title. The murder of wheelchair-bound Leon Klinghoffer by the hijackers of the cruise ship Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-76945344605265137692011-06-11T15:41:00.005-05:002011-06-16T19:47:01.569-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of June 13, 2011
Updated Thursday, June 16, 2011
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Copyright: Ken Howard, 2011
Who: Opera Theatre of St. Louis
What: Pelléas and Mélisande
Where: The Loretto-Hilton Center
When: June 5 through June 24, 2011
Opening night for Pelléas and Mélisande was an evening of notable firsts. It was the first local performance of Debussy and Maeterlinck’s elusive and compelling drama, the first OTSL appearance by noted bass John Cheek, and the first Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-67054667712387035112011-06-06T16:42:00.003-05:002011-06-09T01:16:37.920-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of June 6, 2011
Updated Wednesday, June 8, 2011
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I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-38527592815038577372011-06-04T19:16:00.003-05:002011-06-04T20:47:29.703-05:00The Vagabond King
Who: Circus Flora
What: Vagabond Adventures
Where: The Big Top in Grand Center
When: June 2 - 26, 2011
One of the more welcome harbingers of summer in St. Louis is the appearance of Circus Flora’s air-conditioned tent on the parking lot just south of Powell Hall. It’s two and one-half hours of music, comedy, and great circus acts. No seat is more than 42 feet away from the ring, it’s fun forChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-27530462524944482532011-05-31T17:06:00.001-05:002011-05-31T17:10:32.591-05:00Show stoppers
Copyright: Ken Howard, 2011
Who: Opera Theatre of St. Louis
What: The Daughter of the Regiment
Where: The Loretto-Hilton Center
When: May 28 through June 26, 2011
Donizetti’s 1840 romantic opéra-comique romp The Daughter of the Regiment has always been popular with audiences and performers alike, but it’s unusual to see two first-rate professional productions within a year of each other. Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-88555633777084320802011-05-28T16:32:00.006-05:002011-06-04T19:18:35.528-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of May 30, 2011
Updated Saturday, June 4
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I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what bloggers Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-40250856139941929582011-05-23T19:29:00.000-05:002011-05-23T19:29:18.047-05:00Persecution and Assassination
Andrew Gangestad as the Commendatore and Elliot Madore as Don GiovanniCopyright: Ken Howard, 2011
Who: Opera Theatre of St. Louis
What: Don Giovanni
Where: Loretto-Hilton Center
When: May 21 through June 25, 2011
Opera Theatre’s Don Giovanni is oddly schizoid. Conductor Jane Glover and the singers are doing solid Mozart/Da Ponte but stage directors James Robinson and Michael Shell appear to beChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-67975029655838801512011-05-22T21:52:00.001-05:002011-05-22T23:25:08.605-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of May 23, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what bloggers do. If I have left your Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-29975417242473129262011-05-16T17:51:00.000-05:002011-05-16T17:51:57.722-05:00They're the Top
For those of us of a certain age, the Columbia Masterworks brand name will always hold a certain fascination. Back when recorded music was available only on black plastic with a hole in the middle, the Columbia Masterworks label was the sign of quality for the collector of theatre music. The label offered original cast albums not only of current shows but also, as the label matured, Broadway Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-1767628780498639982011-05-15T23:07:00.005-05:002011-05-20T20:53:34.227-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of May 16, 2011
Updated Friday, May 20, 2011
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I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-47101510719124603822011-05-11T12:49:00.000-05:002011-05-13T15:23:31.832-05:00The Write WingAttention St. Louis playwrights! The St. Louis Writers' Group has got a deal for you. Here's the press release I got from them yesterday. For those of you not familiar with the venue, Big Daddy's is a bar and grill down in my neighborhood. The readings are held in their upstairs bar which is cozy and less noisy than the downstairs - which, in any case, is not that crowded on Mondays as the Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-24373985365536411362011-05-08T20:39:00.004-05:002011-05-13T18:24:49.800-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of May 9, 2011Updated Friday, May 13, 2011
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For information on events beyond this week, check out the searchable database at the Regional Arts Commission's ArtsZipper site.
I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-52750125580418671982011-05-06T23:57:00.003-05:002011-05-09T15:56:03.734-05:00Rites of Spring
Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, and Children’s Chorus
What: Christopher Rouse’s Symphony No. 3 and Orff’s Carmina Burana
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: May 5 through 8, 2011
If you harbor any lingering doubts as to the St. Louis Symphony’s status as a top-drawer orchestra, you should hie yourself to Powell Hall this weekend. The sheer virtuosity on display in everyChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-68413723114203215442011-05-01T23:03:00.003-05:002011-05-05T10:22:56.607-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of May 2, 2011
Updated Thursday, May 5, 2011
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I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-27884248981209493162011-04-30T22:23:00.000-05:002011-04-30T22:23:15.174-05:00Seconds
Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra with Stephen Hough, piano
What: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Scriabin’s Symphony No. 2
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: April 29 and 30, 2011
It has always seemed to me that one hallmark of a great orchestra is its ability to make a persuasive case not only for the standards of the repertoire but for more obscure works as well. It’sChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-57134570156203386622011-04-23T18:01:00.004-05:002011-04-27T21:21:16.133-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of April 25, 2011
Updated April 27, 2011
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For information on events beyond this week, check out the searchable database at the Regional Arts Commission's ArtsZipper site.
I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what bloggers doChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-54471139269132273142011-04-17T16:50:00.001-05:002011-04-17T19:14:12.023-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of April 18, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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I'm now adding my own purely personal comments to events about which I think I have anything worthwhile to say. Because that's what bloggers do. If I have left your Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-29351586351821512072011-04-16T15:59:00.003-05:002011-04-16T21:05:27.704-05:00From Russia, con fuoco
Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra with Yefim Bronfman, piano
What: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: April 15 through 17, 2011
I’m not big on standing ovations as a rule, but this Friday found me on my feet at the end of both halves of the program – first for a lively Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-68354695366867617742011-04-13T21:54:00.003-05:002011-04-14T21:05:19.781-05:00Diary of a mad housewife
What: Next to Normal
Where: The Fox Theatre
When: April 12 through 24, 2010
In musical theatre’s house are many mansions, from the blood-soaked barbershop of Sweeney Todd to the exotic palace of The King and I, so it should come as no surprise that there’s room for the conventional suburban home of a family struggling with bipolar disorder in Next to Normal. What is Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-22518190762166030262011-04-10T20:33:00.003-05:002011-04-13T21:42:49.146-05:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of April 11, 2011
Updated Wednesday, April 13
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Mezzo Kelley O'ConnorPhoto by Dario Acosta
Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
What: Barber’s Prayers of Kierkegaard and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”)
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: April 8 through 10, 2011
The ranting of wealthy and powerful fundamentalists and their political and media enablers aside, there’s no getting around the fact that the centralChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-56830698847404471702011-04-03T18:14:00.002-05:002011-04-06T15:46:25.961-05:00The St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of April 4, 2011
Updated Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Children’s Choirs
What: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: April 1 through 3, 2011
Were it not for the huge movie screen suspended above the Powell Hall stage this weekend, you might be forgiven for thinking that the large orchestra, augmented percussion battery, and chorus were goingChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-22521238289761548622011-03-27T20:25:00.006-05:002011-03-28T21:58:37.996-05:00The St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of March 28, 2011
Updated Monday, March 28, 2011
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There was a joke making the rounds in the 1970s to the effect that if you remembered Woodstock, you probably weren't there. I'm beginning to think the same thing might be said of the 1960s. Certainly when Pamela Hunt, the director and choreographer of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis's delightful production of Beehive the 1960's Musical, writes that it "was an innocent time and often the Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-3179873378895697622011-03-23T22:34:00.004-05:002011-03-26T23:38:19.877-05:00Oh, the Humanaty
Daniel Pearce, Cassie Beck and Sara Surrey in
Elemeno Pea
As some of you may know, I spent last weekend immersed in the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville. I had a darned fine time, and I’d like to spend some electrons telling you why.
The festival – now in its 35th year – features a raft of world premiere plays by upcoming and established playwrights over the course of Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-66928164873860957692011-03-21T13:34:00.001-05:002011-03-25T14:31:36.922-05:00Web of Relationships
Who: Jimmy Webb
Where: The Presenters Dolan at the Kranzberg Center
When: March 17 - 19, 2011
If you were to look at the song list from Jimmy Webb’s show – eleven numbers, including the encore – you might be surprised to learn that the evening runs an uninterrupted an hour and fifty minutes. You might then wonder if that was because (a) Mr. Webb’s arrangements of his own material tend to Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-52767662855540301642011-03-20T23:36:00.002-05:002011-03-21T13:36:11.461-05:00The St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of March 21, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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The Florissant Fine Arts Council presents The 39 Steps, the four-actor comicChuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-47530657818766100222011-03-13T22:40:00.002-05:002011-03-13T23:25:31.660-05:00The St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of March 14, 2011[Looking for auditions and other artistic opportunities? Check out the St. Louis Auditions site.]
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Muddy Waters Theatre Company presents Paula Vogel's The Baltimore Waltz Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-25342024722980810102011-03-13T22:24:00.000-05:002011-03-13T22:24:03.572-05:00The kindness of singers
Who: Craig Rubano with Beth Ertz
What: We Can Be Kind
Where: The Presenters Dolan at the Kranzberg Center
When: March 10 - 12, 2011
About half-way through Craig Rubano’s thoughtful, innovative, and surprisingly profound new show, my wife passed me a note which read “Wouldn’t it be lovely if religion were to evoke a similar response in everyone who found it?” That’s not a typical reaction to Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-45726218621031623502011-03-12T15:19:00.002-06:002011-03-12T15:55:33.624-06:00Double Dutch
Simone Lamsma
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Who: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
What: Jaap van Zweden conducts Rachmaninoff, Simone Lamsma plays Shostakovich
Where: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
When: March 11 - 13, 2011
Reviewed by Chuck Lavazzi, 88.1 KDHX
Dutch violinist-turned-conductor Jaap van Zweden is one of those performers whom I know entirely from recordings, so I looked Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30600205.post-34997874371280494072011-03-06T21:11:00.008-06:002011-03-08T20:00:44.799-06:00St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of March 7, 2011
Updated Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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The West County YMCA and Chesterfield Chuck Lavazzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.com0