NC Symphony Delights with Sci-Fi Spectacular
The North Carolina Symphony, following up on its recent John Williams fete, delighted local audiences at Meymandi with an evening focusing on the music of science-fiction, both televised and on the big screen, with the presence of special guest George Takei, the creator of the role of Sulu on the original Star Trek, and now massively popular on Facebook.
Read MoreSummerfest Opening Night, Abbreviated, with Brahms and More
If you have not yet been out to the Koka Booth Amphitheatre of the Town of Cary, you may not yet know that this is the beautifully presented Carolina equivalent to Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra,...
Read MoreA Big-Bang Season Finale with Locklair and Bates
Robert Moody and the Winston-Salem Symphony did it up right in helping Winston-Salem celebrate 100 years since the consolidation of the towns of Winston and Salem in 1913 (quoth the Psalmist: “Behold how good and how...
Read MoreGuitarist Ed Stephenson Shines in Concierto de Aranjuez
The Raleigh Symphony Orchestra occupies a slightly different niche than that of its neighbor in Raleigh, the NC Symphony, which plays to larger audiences in a larger hall. The RSO presents its programs in the intimate and...
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Verdi’s Aïda in a Splendid Performance from North Carolina Opera
North Carolina Opera’s production of Aïda was semi-staged in its performance in the excellent acoustics of Memorial Hall at UNC, but this must have been the only facet of the splendid rendition of this work that even the most fastidious could conceivably complain about. The vocalists performing the principal roles were uniformly strong and full of character. Angela Brown, singing the title role, has a large and powerful voice, so much so that even this demanding part seemed far from pushing her to her limits.
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