France Verdi, La forza del destino: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of L’Opéra National de Paris / Nicola Luisotti (conductor)/ Opéra Bastille, Paris, 25.6.2019. (RP)
Nicola Luisotti Conducts Riveting La forza del destino in Paris
Rick Perdian
An Extraordinary, Subterranean Dido and Aeneas from The Angel’s Share
United States 2019 New York Opera Fest [7] – Purcell, Dido and Aeneas: Soloists, Jude Ziliak (violin), Isabelle Seula Lee (violin), Danika Paskvan (viola), Anthony Albrecht (cello), Arnie Tanimoto (viola da gamba) / Elliot Figg (conductor and harpsichord), Death of Classical – The Angel’s Share, The Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs, Brooklyn, 8.6.2019. (RP)
Beatrice Rana and The Philadelphia Orchestra Electrify Carnegie Hall with Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto
United States Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff: Beatrice Rana (piano), The Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 7.6.2019. (RP)
Experiments in Opera Premieres the Zany, Crazy and Touching Chunky in Heat
United States 2019 New York Opera Fest [6] – Various Composers, Chunky in Heat: Soloists, Contemporaneous / David Bloom (conductor), Experiments in Opera, The Flea Theater, New York, 2.6.2019. (RP)
Cantata Profana Fuses Ancient and Modern in a Powerful, Provocative Lucretia
United States Various, Lucretia: Annie Rosen (mezzo-soprano), Paul Max Tipton (bass-baritone), Emily Jo (dancer), Justin Mock (dancer), Jacob Ashworth (Medieval vielle and Baroque violin), Hannah Collins (cello), Nina Stern (recorders and winds), Arash Noori (lute and guitar), I-Jen Fang (percussion), Aya Hamada (harpsichord), Hilda Huang (piano), Cantata Profana, HERE Arts Center, New York, 23.5.2019. (RP)
On Site Opera Premieres Murasaki’s Moon at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
United States 2019 New York Opera Fest [5] – Wiancko, Murasaki’s Moon: Soloists, Aizuri String Quartet, Yoko Reikano Kimura (koto), Satoshi Takeishi (percussion), Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese flutes, percussion, taiko)/Geoffrey McDonald (conductor), On Site Opera, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 18.5.2019. (RP)
Rhymes With Opera Explores Loneliness and Love in Two World Premieres
United States 2019 New York Opera Fest [4] – Colin Read, On Loneliness and Solitude; Daniel Thomas Davis, The Impossible She: Soloists, Rhymes With Orchestra / George Lam (conductor), Rhymes With Opera, 124 Bank Street Theatre, New York, 17.5.2019. (RP)
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A Twenty-First-Century English Orpheus with a Lutist Makes Music at Carnegie Hall
United States Various Composers: Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Thomas Dunford (lute), Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 16.5.2019. (RP)
