Review by Katie Heilman special to The Sybaritic Singer Photo Credit: Cory Weaver The stark contrast between opposing forces is woven …
Performance
in performance: Des Moines’ Civic Music Presents Eighth Blackbird
Nathalie Joachim, the flutist force of nature in Eighth Blackbird, conveyed to the audience in the first opening dialogue that the final …
in performance: Haunting Macbeth at Opera Tampa
Review by Kody Dahlke, Special to the Sybaritic Singer Macbeth is a haunting opera that dives deeply into the theme of corrupting power. …
in performance: Stunning La Bohème at Minnesota Opera
I have been deeply pondering the subject of opera and relevancy recently given my eavesdropping on the Opera America conference (via …
in performance: DSM Symphony Goes “Beyond the Score” with Berlioz
Leonard Bernstein famously said of the Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op 14 (1830), "You can become a nervous wreck playing this symphony; …
in performance: Canadian Brass for Civic Music Association with Heartland Youth Choir
If you happen to be a fan of expertly executed dad jokes seamlessly mixed in with your chamber music, then you can do no better than seeing …
in performance: Des Moines Symphony Masterworks 1: Season Debut – Beethoven’s Ode to Joy!
A regional symphony orchestra, like the Des Moines Symphony, is often obligated, even if unwittingly, to be the main representative of large …
in performance: Kettle Corn New Music featuring Cantata Profana
In a program that spans the course of 110 years, Kettle Corn New Music and Cantata Profana also spanned the gamut from grief to reverie and …
in performance: How To Warm-Up January in Iowa? With Dalí Quartet!
Amidst television trucks and pedestrian guardrails for Iowa's turn in the political spotlight, concert-goers made their way on Saturday …