Gavin Borchert

2 weeks ago | cascadepbs.org | Brangien Davis |Gavin Borchert

Plus, “Ballard Opera Man” sings his swan song in Tosca at Seattle’s McCaw Hall. It’s the first day of May, and a pack of wild dogs has appeared in Pioneer Square. Some have sharp teeth, some have flowered fur, others are mixed breeds of an unusual sort — one has goat horns and another a human head. Thankfully these pups are the ceramic sort, sprung from the mind of artist George Rodriguez.

2 months ago | cascadepbs.org | Gavin Borchert

Brian Schmetzer is carefully coaching the Seattle soccer team for a rigorous schedule of regular MLS play and tournaments — one of them being global. Cristian Roldan, a crucial Sounders midfielder since 2015, battles two Antigua players in Feb. 19’s 3-0 victory in a CONCACAF match in Guatemala.

Aug 16, 2023 | operawire.com | Gavin Borchert

(Photo credit: Seattle Opera © Philip Newton)Why build an elaborate faux-underwater set for the Rhine scenes in Wagner’s “Ring” when you have an orchestra pit that can make a perfectly plausible stage river? It’s an idea so obvious, you think surely, it must have been tried already. This is the solution found by Brian Staufenbiel, tasked with staging “Das Rheingold” for Minnesota Opera.

May 12, 2023 | crosscut.com | Gavin Borchert

May 11, 2023 | crosscut.com | Gavin Borchert

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