The announcement of the ten productions invited to the Theatertreffen is typically a routine affair. However, this year, the jury seems to have aimed to disrupt that norm with what many perceive as a ...

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra closes its two-year journey away from Powell Hall this weekend at Stifel Theatre with a fully staged production of Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt. The project reunites ...

I’ve never seen a stage so packed with performing talent! Last night, at Peer Gynt, the stage at the Stifel was chock-a-block with the full St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the SLSO Chorus—plus ten ...

Barclay’s ‘concert-theater’ approach condensed Ibsen’s play to around 80 minutes, providing a rare opportunity to hear ‘Morning Mood’ and ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’ in dramatic context Grieg’s ...

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Join CPR Classical on July 18 and 19 at Chautauqua Auditorium in Boulder for the Colorado Music Festival’s performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto #2 and a special narrated version of Edvard ...

In this enchanting tale, a grown man finds himself in one predicament after another, navigating dangers involving axes, perilous journeys, and furious trolls. This is a world teeming with wonder and ...

On this day in 1876, the stage premiere of Peer Gynt, a five-act play in verse written by Henrik Ibsen with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, takes place in Christiania (Oslo), Norway. Peer Gynt ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Georgia Jarman and Caleb Mayo in "Peer Gynt" Ah, spring in St. Louis. Pollen floats, rain gushes, sinkholes open and the St.

Welcome back, Festival favorite Olga Kern! Fresh off a celebration of Rachmaninoff’s 150th anniversary, Kern performs his Second Piano Concerto — a success from its inception, this memorable ...

In Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare takes a dim view of nature: “The woods are ruthless, dreadful, deaf, and dull,” he proclaims. Despite this dire pronouncement, each summer, troupes of actors ...