United States Guitar Extravaganza: Guitar Stars from Mannes: Old Greenwich Presbyterian Church, Stewartsville, New Jersey, 18.5.2013 (KC)
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Tristan in Helsinki – lyrical beauty and deep emotions
Finland Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, Pinchas Steinberg (conductor). Finnish National Opera 17.5.2013 (Premiere) (GF)
Enthusiastic Response to Baroque Music at Dresden Festival
Germany J.F. Fasch, J.A. Hasse, J.C. Bach, A. Vivaldi, J.D. Heinichen and G. F. Handel: Dresden Festival Orchestra/Ivor Bolton (director), Giuliano Carmignola (baroque violin), Bejun Mehta (countertenor), Albertinum (Lichthof), Dresden, Germany, 20.5.2013 (MC)
Ending a Season with Fiery 20th-Century Classics
United States Bartók, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Ravel: Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Rossen Milanov (conductor), Richardson Auditorium, Princeton, New Jersey, 5.5.2013. (BH)
Talented Cast, Joyful Accompaniment in Glyndebourne’s Falstaff
United Kingdom Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Sir Mark Elder. Glyndebourne Theatre, Sussex, 19.5.2013. (JPr)
CBSO 2013/14 Season: An Enticing Prospect
United Kingdom CBSO 2013/14 Season: An Enticing Prospect
Expert Treatment of American Composers
United Kingdom Charles Ives, Bernard Herrmann, Aaron Copland, John Adams, Leonard Bernstein: Roderick Williams (baritone), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Matthew Coorey (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham 15.5.2013 (CT)
Cincinnati’s Music Scene: A 2013-2014 Preview
United States The Cincinnati Music Scene will be rock-solid dependable and lively (RDA)