United States Various: Yuja Wang (piano), The Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 6.10.2021. (RP)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the fabulous Philadelphians open the Carnegie Hall season
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Brooklyn Art Song Society opens season with Wolf’s Mörike-Lieder
United States ‘Beginnings, Middles, and Ends’ [1] – Mörike Liederbuch: Amy Owens (soprano), Sarah Nelson Craft (mezzo-soprano), Daniel McGrew (tenor), Tyler Duncan (baritone), Spencer Myer, Erika Switzer (piano). Brooklyn Art Song Society, First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 1.10.2021. (RP)
Fire Shut Up in My Bones is a triumph and a milestone for the Met
United States Terence Blanchard, Fire Shut Up in My Bones: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 27.9.2021. (RP)
Myth meets reality in White Snake Projects’ A Survivor’s Odyssey
United States Mary Prescott, A Survivor’s Odyssey: Soloists, The Victory Players / Tian Hui Ng (music director). White Snake Projects, Cyberspace, and viewed on 26.9.2021. (RP)
Simone Dinnerstein plays Danielpour’s An American Mosaic at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery
United States Couperin, Danielpour: Simone Dinnerstein (piano). Death of Classical, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, 16.9.2021. (RP)
The Metropolitan Opera marks the anniversary of 9/11 with Verdi’s Requiem
United States Verdi’s Requiem – The Met Remembers 9/11: Ailyn Pérez (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Eric Owens (bass-baritone), Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 11.9.2021. (RP)
Don Giovanni at Prague’s Estates Theatre – check it off the bucket list
Czech Republic Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, National Theatre Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra / Karsten Januschke (conductor). Národní Divadlo, Estates Theater, Prague, 8.9.2021. (RP)
Dvořák Prague International Music Festival opens with Andres Orozco-Estrada conducting Filarmonica della Scala
Czech Republic Dvořák Prague International Music Festival: Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Julian Rachlin (violin), Filarmonica della Scala / Andrés Orozco-Estrada (conductor). Rudolfinum, Prague, 6-7.9.2021. (RP)
