Tag Archives: Robert Spano

Pianist Emanuel Ax (photo: Lisa Marie Mazzucco)
Pianist Emanuel Ax (photo: Lisa Marie Mazzucco)

This Week: November 20 – 26, 2019

★ Posted on Mondays, the listings are for Wednesday through the following Tuesday. TOP LOCAL & LIVE · BROADCASTS & STREAMS TOP FIVE LIVE THU/21*, SAT/23*, SUN/24 ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · THU/SAT: Symphony Hall @ 8pm. Robert Spano, conductor; […]

l-r: mezzo-sopranos Kelley O'Connor and Michelle DeYoung, sopranos Erin Wall and Evelina Dobračeva, conductor Robert Spano, tenor Toby Spence, baritone Russell Braun and bass Morris Robinson. (credit: Jeff Roffman)
l-r: mezzo-sopranos Kelley O'Connor and Michelle DeYoung, sopranos Erin Wall and Evelina Dobračeva, conductor Robert Spano, tenor Toby Spence, baritone Russell Braun and bass Morris Robinson. (credit: Jeff Roffman)

Review: Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand” brings together massive forces in a rare musical experience

Mark Gresham | 15 NOV 2019 Live performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 is a once-in-a-generation event in a city that has the resources to credibly mount one. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has now presented the work three […]

A scene from Houston Grand Opera's "Rigoletto," directoed by Tomer Zvulun. Texas Classical Review says, "Michael Mayes was devastating in the title role of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” (photo credit:: Lynn Lane)
A scene from Houston Grand Opera's "Rigoletto," directoed by The Atlanta Opera's Tomer Zvulun. Texas Classical Review says, "Michael Mayes was devastating in the title role of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” (photo credit:: Lynn Lane)

Atlanta artists out and about: New York, Houston, Sydney, Dallas

EarRelevant Staff | 30 OCT 2019 Prominent Atlanta artists often hit the media in other parts of the world. Here are four recent reviews of October shows which involved a few of the city’s prominent names: NEW YORK CITY, […]

Malaysian pianist Tengku Irfan solos in Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the ASO , Robert Spano conducting. (credit: Nunnally Rawson)
Malaysian pianist Tengku Irfan solos in Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the ASO , Robert Spano conducting. (credit: Nunnally Rawson)

Review: Bartók concerto sizzles, Brahms flows at ASO

Mark Gresham | 04 OCT 2019 On Thursday evening at Symphony Hall, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performed a concert of music by Wagner, Bartók and Brahms, led by ASO music director Robert Spano and featuring Malaysian-born pianist Tengku Irfan […]

Opening night of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's 75th anniversary season. l-r: music director Robert Spano, violinist Joshua Bell. (credit: Rafterman Photography)
Opening night of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's 75th anniversary season. l-r: music director Robert Spano, violinist Joshua Bell. (credit: Rafterman Photography)

Review: ASO opens 75th season with focus on performers’ abilities

Mark Gresham | 23 SEP 2019 On Friday evening, The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra kicked off its 75th anniversary season with music by Wagner, Higdon, Weniawski, and Sarasate, led by ASO music director Robert Spano and violinist Joshua Bell as […]