United States Various composers: Andrei Bondarenko (baritone), Gary Matthewman (piano), Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 8.12.2017. (RP)
Baritone Andrei Bondarenko’s Ambitious, Uneven Recital of French and Russian Song
Rick Perdian
Auber’s Fra Diavolo in a Single Word – Deliziosa!
Italy Auber, Fra Diavolo: Soloists, Orchestra, Chorus and Corps de Ballet of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Rory Macdonald (conductor), Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Rome, 17.10.2017. (RP)
She May Not Dance, but Catherine Naglestad’s Beautiful Salome Can Sing!
Switzerland Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Philharmonia Zürich / Ulf Schirmer (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 15.10.2017. (RP)
Brooklyn Academy of Music Presents Matthew Aucoin’s Crossing – An American Opera
United States Matthew Aucoin, Crossing: 2017 New Wave Festival – Soloists, Chorus, A Far Cry/Matthew Aucoin (conductor), Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, 8.10.2017. (RP)
Screaming Viva for the Loveliest of Divas – Pretty Yende in Recital
Switzerland Various composers: Pretty Yende (soprano), Michele D’Elia (piano), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 25.9.2017. (RP)
Mars! Ready or Not, We’re on our Way! – Kein Licht at the Opéra national du Rhin
France Philippe Manoury, Kein Licht (2011/2012/2017): Soloists, Vocal quartet from the Chorus of the National Theater of Zagreb, United Instruments of Lucilin / Julien Leroy (conductor), Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg, 22.9.2017. (RP)
Surveying the Choral Works of Bach – Total Immersion with the J. S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen
Switzerland Bach: Joanne Lunn (soprano), Sören Richter (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), Choir and Orchestra of the J. S. Bach Foundation / Rudolf Lutz (conductor and harpsichord), Reformed Church, Trogen, 15.9.2017. (RP)
Saving the Best for Last – Mussorgsky’s Khovanschina at the Wiener Staatsoper
Austria Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Soloists, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Wiener Staatsoper Children’s Chorus, Chorus & Orchestra / Michael Güttler (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 11.9.2017. (RP)
