Philippa Kiraly
Classical Music
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Philippa Kiraly comes to The SunBreak from The Gathering Note where she covered classical music for three years. She has been steeped in her field since early childhood and began writing as a critic in 1980. She has written for a variety of publications, as second critic for the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal from 1983-1991 and, since moving to Seattle that year, in the same capacity for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer until its print demise.
“Stunning” Premieres from Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer at Music of Remembrance
15 May 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicJon Kimura Parker Takes on Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev & Stravinsky
10 May 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicIn Oregon Symphony Visit, Seattle Hears What It’s Been Missing
06 May 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicAuburn Symphony’s Springtime “Rite,” With Strauss on the Side
29 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicA Conversation with Mezzo Soprano Rosalind Plowright
24 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Music, Theatre“Swan Lake” Draws Ovation After Ovation at PNB
13 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, DanceBagby’s Beowulf Entrances, Once More, an Entire Hall
11 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Literature, MusicIn Step With a PNB Ballet Master: Paul Gibson
07 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, DanceAt Pacific MusicWorks, a Greek God Turned Frustrated Stalker
06 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicDavid Afkham Conducts an “Electrifying” Beethoven’s 5th at SSO
22 Mar 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicDeconstructing Elgar’s “Enigma” at Seattle Symphony. Solving it? No.
18 Mar 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicDemarre McGill is Outstanding in Mozart Program at Seattle Symphony
01 Mar 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicNote to Pacific MusicWorks & SDP: Bring Back “Wayward Sisters”
24 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicBlack Grace’s Dancers from Down Under Mesmerize at Meany
22 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, DancePianist Alexandre Dossin Shines in Russian “Winter Nights”
19 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicThe King’s Singers Provide Enough “Love & War” to Fill Town Hall
19 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicExploring Melody with Soprano Jennifer Foster and Simple Measures
10 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicSeattle Baroque Orchestra Fills Town Hall with Bach Cantata Fans
04 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicFor Compagnie Marie Chouinard, the Music Comes First
25 Jan 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, DanceAt Winter Chamber Music Festival, Britten and Reich Mingle with Beethoven
21 Jan 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicVillage Theatre Devises a Better “Mousetrap”
18 Jan 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, TheatreHJ Lim Drops the Hammers on Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto
11 Jan 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicWeihnachten is Coming — Seattle Pro Musica Carols Auf Deutsch
11 Dec 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicAt Seattle Symphony, Music on the Death of Little Children
03 Dec 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicCappella Romana Fill St. James Cathedral with Devotion to Ancient Vespers
19 Nov 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music“Emperor of Atlantis” Opera is a Work to Hear More than Once
18 Nov 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music, TheatreJordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI Take the Viola to New Heights
12 Nov 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicVillage Theatre’s Fiddler on the Roof is Filled with Vitality
12 Nov 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, TheatrePacific Musicworks Lets “Glorious Music” of the Monteverdi Vespers Sing
23 Oct 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicAuburn Symphony Benefit Treats Crowd to a Galop and Cancan
22 Oct 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicSeattle Opera’s “Fidelio” Will Leave You Shaken and Stirred
15 Oct 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, TheatreSeattle Baroque Orchestra, from Bach Concertos to Purcell Hornpipes
07 Oct 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicSeattle Symphony Plays Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius
05 Oct 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicPNB’s Cinderella Knows How to Dress for the Ball
24 Sep 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, DanceA Colorful Seattle Symphony Concert Showcases SSO Players
23 Sep 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicRussian Chamber Music in a Light Hearted Vein, With More to Come
19 Sep 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicViolinist Augustin Hadelich Delivers “Extraordinary Performance” at Seattle’s Chamber Music Festival
15 Jul 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicCatching a Stellar “Trout” at the Summer Chamber Music Festival
05 Jul 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicSeattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival Opens Fortissimo
05 Jul 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicIn Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe, a Preposterous Clash of Fairies and Noblemen
02 Jul 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, TheatreCheers for Joshua Roman’s TownMusic All-Cello Celebration
20 Jun 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicStephen Hough “Shines” in Rach 3 with Seattle Symphony
15 Jun 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicVigil or Vespers, Rachmaninov’s Work Gets Serene Treatment from Seattle Choral Company
09 Jun 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicKing Tut at Pacific Science Center: An Exhibition Not to be Missed
25 May 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Visual ArtsSeattle Youth Symphony Musicians Try Their Little Hands at Verdi’s Requim
21 May 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicAt UW President’s Piano Series, Angela Hewitt Brings Sexy Bach
16 May 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicJake Heggie Tackles the Burden of Memory in Another Sunrise
12 May 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicGetting in on the Ground Floor with the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras
10 May 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicAuburn Symphony Finds Greats Off the Beaten Track
30 Apr 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicToradze Unleashes a Torrent of Prokofiev at Benaroya Hall
27 Apr 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicIn Alexander’s Memory, Music on the Ceng, Oud, Ney, and Saz
23 Apr 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicChunky Move Puts Mechanical Technology in Motion at Meany
13 Apr 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Dance, Visual ArtsYoung Artists Don Pasquale is a Walk on the Funny Side of the Street
03 Apr 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, TheatrePacific MusicWorks gives a Triumphal “Il Trionfo del Tempo”
31 Mar 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicSeattle Opera’s Young Artists Sing a “Dolce Vita” Don Pasquale
29 Mar 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, TheatreInstant Acclaim for John Muehleisen’s Pietà
15 Mar 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicSeattle Pro Musica Rises Above With Bach’s St. John Passion
12 Mar 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicLoving Every Note of Garrick Ohlsson’s Exquisite Liszt
08 Mar 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicSeattle Opera’s Orphée Rings Out With a Tenor’s Tour de Force Performance
27 Feb 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, TheatreDirector José Maria Condemi on Staging Gluck’s Orphée at Seattle Opera
21 Feb 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music, TheatreA Disappointing Dido from Early Music Guild & Theatre of Early Music
13 Feb 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicIntroducing Jan Lisiecki, “an exceptional pianistic talent”
09 Feb 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicA Winter Festival of Chamber Music, Featuring Some Rarely Performed Works
06 Feb 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicHamelin Treats Seattle to a Cheery Shostakovich and Dolorous Schnittke
01 Feb 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicRatmansky’s Don Quixote at PNB Stars Actor Tom Skerritt as the Manchegan
30 Jan 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, DanceUnjustly Neglected, Attila Gets Big, Bold-Voiced Hearing at Seattle Opera
17 Jan 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, TheatreAt St. James, Pacific MusicWorks Breathes New Life into Carissimi Oratorios
16 Jan 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicVerdi and Venezuela Meet in the Voice of Ana Lucrecia García
13 Jan 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, TheatreJoshua Roman Plays Bach Suites for a Full House
29 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicEmil de Cou on Conducting the “Best Ballet Orchestra in the Country”
25 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, Dance, MusicCapella Romana Brings Byzantium to Montlake
22 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicA Riveting Werther from Seattle Opera’s Young Artists
21 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, TheatreAren Der Hacopian: the Making of a Modern Opera Administrator
16 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, TheatreMusic of Remembrance’s “Astounding” What a Life!, a British Detention Camp Revue
08 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicPNB’s “Love Stories” Catches Two Dancers in Bloom
06 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, DanceSeattle Says Goodbye to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company
02 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, DancePacific MusicWorks & Les Voix Baroques Introduce a “New” Concert Hall
25 Oct 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicTill Fellner Turns in a Cool, Crisp Performance at Meany’s President’s Piano Series
19 Oct 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicNorah Amsellem on Singing Micaela in Seattle Opera’s Carmen
01 Oct 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, Music, TheatreMorlot’s Seattle Symphony Celebrates Rhythms of Stravinsky, Gershwin, Varèse
30 Sep 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicThe Morlot Era at Seattle Symphony Has Now Begun
19 Sep 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music
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