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Photo: David A. BeloffVirginia Opera's robust staging of Philip Glass' 'Orphee'
A daring artistic move, stunning production moves to Richmond this weekend. Published 4:37 p.m. February 12, 2012 - Comments
Photo: Paul Kolnik'La Cage' concludes Kennedy Center run this week
George Hamilton, Christopher Sieber star in colorful classic musical laugh-fest. Published 2:43 p.m. February 5, 2012 - Comments
Photo: Mason SummersSCENA scores with updated 'Hedda Gabler'
New Friel adaptation of Ibsen classic now at H St. Playhouse. Published 1:45 p.m. January 18, 2012 - Comments
Photo: Paul AebersoldIn Series' 'Barber & Barberillo' a rollicking double bill
DC troupe's mini-operas are getting better and better. Published 5:42 p.m. January 13, 2012 - Comments
Washington National Opera to revive 'American Ring' cycle
Suspended project to be rebooted in 2016. And there's more. Published 1:01 p.m. January 13, 2012 - Comments
End could be near for New York City Opera
Musician lockout latest round in budget battle, death spiral. Published 7:57 p.m. January 9, 2012 - Comments
Rediscoveries: Charles Griffes' 'Kairn of Koridwen'
America's only impressionist composer is well worth revisiting. Published 11:18 p.m. January 1, 2012 - Comments
Luciano Pavarotti sings 'Adeste Fidelis'
Video clip from 1978 Montreal Christmas Special reminds us all of the reason for the season. Published 2:19 p.m. December 24, 2011 - Comments
Photo: David PolstonVirginia Opera's charming 'Hansel and Gretel'
Inventive new production convincingly demonstrates that this company is back on track. Published 6:02 p.m. December 12, 2011 - Comments
Photo: Paul AebersoldIn Series' bittersweet Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin revue
'Arlen Blues & Berlin Ballads' at the Atlas: a poignant comment on our current hard times. Published 4:01 p.m. December 10, 2011 - Comments
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Terry Ponick has served as the Washington Times’ classical music and culture critic since 1994. Previously, he was performing arts critic for the suburban “Connection” and “Fairfax Times” community newspaper chains. With his wife Fran, he penned a well-received series ...
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Terry Ponick has served as the Washington Times’ classical music and culture critic since 1994. Previously, he was performing arts critic for the suburban “Connection” and “Fairfax Times” community newspaper chains. With his wife Fran, he penned a well-received series of theater and festival reviews that helped the pair cop a 1993 Washington Dateline Award for excellence in criticism. During his varied career, Terry has been a classical music deejay and general manager at Georgetown’s old WGTB-FM (“90.1 FM on your radio dial”); an English professor at the University of South Carolina; a retail stock and bond broker; and a contract science writer for the National Science Foundation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP’s) National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NCO/NITRD) under two administrations.
