Eugene Onegin at Seattle Opera
Once again, I almost didn’t go to the opera. I was on a deadline and hadn’t been feeling well all weekend. A finished draft and...
Balanchine’s Theme and Variations at PNB
The final program of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s regular season is Themes & Variations, a mixed rep of four ballets that finishes with the title piece,...
Themes & Variations at Pacific Northwest Ballet
The final ballet of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s regular season is Themes & Variations, a mixed program of four ballets that seems kind of random at...
The Evolution of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Swan Lake
Swan Lake is almost the definition of “canon” for classical ballet. What could be more rigid and tradition-bound than the most famous ballet? It turns...
Music I Liked Last Week – Archspire, Raven Hollywood, Be’lakor, Tchaikovsky
Last week was tough. I was sick and I had deadlines. But when the going gets tough, the tough listen to music. Not a lot,...