Communist Setting Adds Little to an Average Performance of Smetana’s Masterpiece.

Opera North, The Bartered Bride, Kate Valentine (Mařenka) & Brenden Gunnell (Jeník) photo © Robert Workman (2)
Opera North, The Bartered Bride, Kate Valentine (Mařenka) & Brenden Gunnell (Jeník) photo © Robert Workman (2)

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bedrich Smetana. The Bartered Bride (sung in English with surtitles): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/Anthony Kraus. (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 18.11.2014.

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Unknown Americana Serves a Young Baritone Well

 Gabriel Kahane, Gabriela Lena Frank, Ned Rorem, Lee Hoiby, Jeffrey Wood, Paul Phillips, Steven Mark Kohn, Lori Laitman, Jake Heggie, Stephen Paulus and Tom Cipullo: Andrew Garland (baritone), Donna Loewy (piano), Anderson Center, Matinee Musicale Club, Cincinnati, OH. 16.11.2014 (RDA) This past Sunday at the Anderson Center, and as part of the 102nd Anniversary Season … Read more

Devon Baroque Delivers High Quality Music with Apposite Introductions

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Telemann, Boismortier, Leclair, Tartini, Bach: Devon Baroque Ensemble [Persephone Gibbs (violin), Elizabeth Walker (recorder and baroque flute), Barbara Degener (cello), Jonathan Watts (harpsichord)], The Great Hall, Dartington 16.11.2014 (PRB)

Devon Baroque Ensemble  (Photo credit Philip R Buttall)
Devon Baroque Ensemble (Photo credit Philip R Buttall)

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