United States Into a Lamplit Room: The Songs of Kurt Weill. Aubrey Berg (director), Julie Spangler (musical direction), Joey Dippel (musical staging). College Conservatory of Music. University of Cincinnati, Cohen Studio Theatre. 4.3.13. (RDA)
Stan
Pallid New Opera Based on The Secret Garden
United States Nolan Gasser and Carey Harrison, The Secret Garden: Soloists and members of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, Calif. 2.3.2013 (HS)
Strong Spiritual Element in Met’s Post-Apocalyptic Parsifal
United States Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Directed for live cinema by Barbara Willis Sweete and broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to the Barbican Cinema, London, 2.3.2013. (JPr)
Latvian Composers Evoke Baltic Nights
United Kingdom Perotin, Bach, Eriks Esenvalds, Peteri Vasks: Alina Ibragimova (violin/direction) Britten Sinfonia (Eamonn Dougan conductor), Britten Sinfonia Voices, Barbican Hall, London. 27.2 .2013 (GD)
Liza with a Z
cUnited Kingdom Liza Minnelli: with Billy Stritch (musical director) and Septet, Clare Teal and Trio [Grant Windsor (piano), Simon Little (double bass) and Ben Reynolds (drums)], Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.3.2013. (JPr)
Fine Orchestral Playing in Tosca Revival
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Maurizio Benini (conductor., Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 2.3.2012 (CC)
The Tetzlaff Quartet: Sustained Excellence
United Kingdom Haydn, Berg, and Beethoven: Tetzlaff Quartet. Wigmore Hall, London, 2.3.2013 (MB)
Oelze and Aimard: Not a Flawless Experience But a Memorable One
United Kingdom Schumann, Debussy, and Messiaen: Christiane Oelze (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 1.3.2013 (MB)