SPONSORED: CD Spotlight. Masterfully Controlled - James Brawn's Beethoven Odyssey impresses Andrew Schartmann.
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SPONSORED: Ensemble. Unjustly Neglected - In this specially extended feature, Armstrong Gibbs' re-discovered 'Passion according to St Luke' impresses Roderic Dunnett.
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VIDEO PODCAST: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Youth Involvement in Classical Music - this specially extended illustrated feature includes contributions from Christopher Morley, Gerald Fenech, Halida Dinova, Patricia Spencer and Roderic Dunnett.
Jim Sohre recently completed a forty-year career with US Army Entertainment, much of it spent in Germany as the Command-level Entertainment Chief. He continues to travel extensively and write about opera and musical events. He is production coordinator for Opera Las Vegas and heads the Young Artists program for which he just directed A Passion for Puccini, an evening of staged arias and scenes from all of Puccini's works.
James Sohre sends the last of three reports from San Francisco Opera
James Sohre describes an evening of considerable Handelian beauty
James Sohre reports from San Francisco
James Sohre sends the last of his reports from San Francisco
'Jenufa' in San Francisco
San Francisco's starry Don Carlo
James Sohre reviews a Britten rarity
James Sohre is impressed by Bellini's 'Norma'
James Sohre enjoyed Stephen Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd' at San Francisco Opera
Rare Verdi, well done in San Francisco
Jennifer Higdon's 'Cold Mountain'
Berlioz's 'Les Troyens' at San Francisco Opera brings tears to James Sohre's eyes
Marco Tutino's 'Two Women (La Ciociara)'
James Sohre reports on Pierre Audi's production for Netherlands Opera
James Sohre enjoyed his visit to Wexford Festival Opera