Articles by Hilary Stroh

Emotionally-engaged performance of Weill's Apartheid Opera. 

Tonight’s all-Germanic program was a selection of items that the Nationa; Symphony Orchestra will be playing next month on the other side of the Atlantic.

All praise for Ratmansky's Sleeping Beauty, its old graces newly restored. 

A gracious US première of The Winter's Tale by the National Ballet of Canada. 

All works and stars Eastern European at this evening's performance at the Kennedy. 

Vibrancy and dynamism at the expense of the majesty of the sacred. 

Choreography somewhat frenetic, but plenty of seasonal jolliness in DC's Nutcracker. 

Debuts all round: pianist Igor Levit in Beethoven 5, and a debut of Czech composer's Martinu's Symphony no 6. 

A righteous, politically-relevant but musically questionable world premiere of Philip Glass' revised Appomattox.

Gianandrea Noseda heats the National Symphony Orchestra up for Rachmaninov's Symphony 2. 

Big moments, largely conceived, but somewhat lacking in overall unity.

Lang Lang powers through Grieg's Piano Concerto to general acclaim.

Septime Webre's Great Glorious Latin Ballet 'Mash-up' energises the DC ballet crowd.

NSO's debuts for Maestro Donald Runnicles and soprano, Olga Peretyatko. 

WNO integrate dance and song to capture the soul of Carmen for the opening of their 60th anniversary season. 

Emerging talent to watch in Wolf Trap's summer production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. 

Fluttering fans and hearts in Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote, performed by the Royal Ballet in Washington.

Washington Ballet's junior company crosses the river to bring ballet into the wider community, with a Sleeping Beauty performance.

Leonidas Kavakos conducts Mussorgsky and touching Sibelius with the National Symphony. 

A visually striking production of Rossini's La Cenerentola for Washington National Opera.