Erica Miner

4 days ago | broadwayworld.com | Erica Miner

In our technology-dominated times, a “classic” production of a perennial operatic favorite is always welcome. Seattle Opera has granted every traditional opera fan’s wish in its latest take on Giacomo Puccini’s archetypal masterwork, Tosca. Brought back to the Seattle stage after a successful 2015 run, this recreation of the sumptuous scenery and stylish period costumes, coupled with a first-rate cast, added up to an evening to delight the eyes and ears of the audience.

6 days ago | allauthor.com | Erica Miner

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1 month ago | classicalvoiceamerica.org | Erica Miner

Kinetic. Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin. Planet M Records (PMB-006). Total time: 68:53. DIGITAL REVIEW — Each of the inventive pieces featured on Kinetic, a new CD of largely 21st-century pieces performed by Pacific Northwest Ballet concertmaster and solo violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim, is connected to dance in delightful ways.

2 months ago | bachtrack.com | Erica Miner

Peter Oundjian is familiar to Seattle Symphony audiences for his masterful conducting, but he also is known internationally as an outstanding violinist, professor of music and artistic advisor. His inventive program last weekend represented three youthful elements: one of Mozart’s most sublime piano concertos performed by prodigious talent, Jan Lisiecki; a new work by up-and-coming American composer Brian Raphael Nabors; and Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps.

2 months ago | bachtrack.com | Erica Miner

An international roster of singers and creatives brought a bold, new-to-Seattle production of a time-honored classic. Directors Suzanne Andrade and Barrie Kosky, with mixed-media British-based theater group 1927, created an action-packed, daringly conceived ride through Komische Oper Berlin’s Vaudevillian version of Mozart and Schikaneder’s world of heroes, birdcatchers and vengeful queens. Paul Barritt's hand-drawn animations are combined with silent film aesthetics.