Reviews

Steven Winn - June 7, 2026

The music director designate led a fluid and fierce program on June 5. The evening felt celebratory, emotional, and full of promise.

Shiriel King Abramson - June 4, 2026

This new musical about Bombay’s lunch delivery network deserves a one-way ticket to Broadway.

Harlow Robinson - June 2, 2026

Yo-Yo Ma soloed in a new work by Angélica Negrón, and Gustavo Dudamel led Richard Strauss’s great symphonic poem.

Jim Farber - June 2, 2026

Responding to the French modernist’s provocations, the group’s performers and composers took the prompt and ran with it.

Lisa Hirsch - June 2, 2026

A superb new chamber version of Douglas Cuomo’s opera is given a terrific production.

Michael Zwiebach - June 2, 2026

Redwood Symphony gathered a top-tier cast for a stirring concert performance of Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece.

Harlow Robinson - June 2, 2026

The design of Barrie Kosky’s imaginative production brought whimsy to the performances.

Hayley Dunn - June 2, 2026

The world premiere of Anne Hege’s opera at ODC Theater optimally integrated electronic instruments in the live performance.  

Richard S. Ginell - June 2, 2026

Pacific Symphony's beloved Sunday chamber series makes its recorded debut with eight new works.

Esteban Meneses - June 1, 2026

Ensemble for These Times surveys nine composers on El Tiempo Latine, with highlights from León, Ortiz, and figgis-vizueta.