289 stories by "Gail Obenreder"
Piffaro celebrates the season by treating audiences to Christmas in Southern Germany, an uplifting and accessible multi-instrumental deep dive into sacred works of the 16th and 17th century.…
As an American-style panto, this ebullient, exceptional production of Peter at the Starcatcher from Delaware Theatre Company is a welcome respite from endless Christmas Carols. Gail Obenrede…
Holiday cheer, community carols, and the return of the "Silent Night" Sing-in highlight the month. Gail Obenreder previews.
The Delaware Art Museum has the biggest collection of British Pre-Raphaelite artworks outside the UK, and this exhibition, which opened at Tate Britain and now lands stateside, honors the ra…
Another serving of November classical music offerings popping up in the Greater Philadelphia area. Gail Obenreder previews.
The Delaware Symphony Orchestra continues its 2023-24 season with guest conductor Michelle Di Russo, who programmed her ideal concert with JoaquÃn Rodrigo, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and mo…
Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware continues its season with In the Heat of the Night, a world-class whodunit that doesn't shy away from its story's disturbing roots in …
November classical music offerings throughout the Philadelphia area, featuring performances from Articinia, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and music at the Woodlands. Gail Obenreder pre…
Ann Lowe, a Black American designer, should have been as famous as the 20th-century French couturiers who are household names today. A new exhibition at Winterthur charts her remarkable sart…
Gail Obenreder previews the second half of October's classical music performances, including events for devotees of the organ at Longwood Gardens and Kimmel Cultural Campus.
Tales of long ago find inspiration right at hand in Delaware Shakespeare's vibrant Community Tour production of the rarely produced Cymbeline. Gail Obenreder reviews.
The first half of October features performances by OperaDelaware, Choral Arts, Lyric Fest, Piffaro, and Delaware Symphony. Gail Obenreder previews.
Delaware Theatre Company opens the season with a bang of eight doors in the ever-popular, ever-challenging backstage farce Noises Off. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players open its 15th season with Vita & Virginia, a chamber production exploring a historic intellectual and romantic affair in an era of letters. Gail Oben…
Opera Philadelphia's Festival O23 features the Philly premiere of Grammy-winning Lebanese American tenor Karim Sulayman's Unholy Wars, with artistic triumph in every detail. Gail Obenreder r…
The Crossing choir opens its new season with Crickets in Our Backyard, featuring world premieres by Tania León and Ayanna Woods, and an "indoor premiere" by Wang Lu. Gail Obenreder review…
Andrew Wyeth is not widely known as an abstract artist, but maybe he should be. A beautifully configured exhibition at the Brandywine Museum of Art looks closer. Gail Obenreder reviews.
North Wilmington's Rockwood Park, with its own alleged hauntings, makes an appropriately chilling setting for Delaware Shakespeare's summer outing with The Scottish Play. Gail Obenreder revi…
Curating the hottest classical music events in the area this month, including those from OperaDelaware, Academy of Vocal Arts, and a performance of Black Metropolis. Gail Obenreder rounds up.
Brandywine Museum of Art presents the first major Joseph Stella exhibition in more than 30 years, proving this pioneering, imaginative modernist's ongoing importance. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Yes, it's summer, and Gail Obenreder previews some of its early classical music offerings.
Philadelphia composer George Crumb, who died last year, was famous for his music as well as his hand-notated scores, art forms in themselves. Orchestra 2001 had both on display in this combi…
Piffaro closes its season with Entre dos Ãlamos, a musical trip to South America including Spanish and Indigenous texts and music, proving that great music has always been created everywh…
Gail Obenreder previews the rest of May's classical music offerings, with events from Astral Artists, Artcinia, Orchestra 2001, Lyric Fest, and Relâche.
Tempesta di Mare explores the music of Baroque Venetian charitable institutions that were famous for their vocal and instrumental ensembles, made up of brilliant women artists who were hidde…
