Music Reviews

Apollo ‘Dreamgirls’ Sparkles With Sequins, Stars: Jeremy Gerard “Dreamgirls,” revived at the Apollo Theater in New York’s Harlem, introduces a hot new star named Moya Angela as the indomitable heartsick singer, Effie White.

Helsinki’s $208 Million New Music Center Upstages Aalto’s Hall Osmo Vaenskae, the Finnish music director of the Minnesota Orchestra in Minneapolis, is looking forward to the opening of a new music center in Helsinki. He doesn’t have anything nice to say about the acoustics in Finlandia Hall, the city’s current main concert venue.

Black Eyed Peas, Shakira Offer Respite From Jackson: CD Review Some of us want to move on from soothing memories of the King of Pop and the Fab Four, so here are a few suggestions for catching up with today’s music.

UBS Circus Backing Wins Award From U.K. Arts & Business Charity UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank by assets, won a U.K. philanthropy award for backing a circus training center in London.

Gulag Killers Inspire Patrice Chereau in Met Debut: Interview Tonight, the Metropolitan Opera presents the most depressing work in its fall season, “From the House of the Dead.”

Bluebeard’s Dark Bunker Intrigues Young New Wife: London Stage Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who imprisoned and raped his daughter in a secret bunker, has entered the world of lyric drama.

Snazzy ‘Giovanni,’ Sad ‘Esther’ Arrive at City Opera (Update1) A lively new production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” opened at the New York City Opera yesterday afternoon starring Daniel Okulitch as the legendary sex maniac.

Beyonce Tops MTV Europe Awards; Eminem, U2 Victorious in Berlin Beyonce Knowles was the biggest winner at the 2009 MTV Europe Awards in Berlin last night.