Rossen Milanov

The programming for Chautauqua’s week devoted to “Russia and the West” has attracted unusually large and interested audiences just as the international stage could not have made the topic more timely with the summit in

Review by Andrew Druckenbrod When the new Chautauqua Amphitheater “debuted” last season, many ears were listening as much to the performances as to how unamplified sound resonated within it. In particular were the acousticians who

Collaboration always brings out the best of Chautauqua Institution’s diverse performing entities, and Saturday’s performance of “Mango Suite” demonstrated a resounding formula for the future. Based on Sandra Cisneros’ 1984 best-seller The House On Mango

Invention never sounds better than the Ninth. Topping off the opening week’s theme of “Invention” in the Amphitheater Saturday night was one of classical music’s most significant ones, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, “Choral.” In the