A Tosca of High Artistry and Overwhelming Conviction

United StatesUnited States Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Philadelphia Symphonic Choir (director: Joe Miller), Philadelphia Boys Choir (artistic director: Jeffrey R. Smith), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 19.5.2018. (BJ)

Jennifer Rowley (Tosca) & Ambrogio Maestri (Scarpia) (c) Philadelphia Orchestra

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Matthew Aucoin’s Moving Civil War Opera, Crossing

United StatesUnited States Aucoin, Crossing (concert performance): Soloists and Ensemble of LA Opera, LA Opera Orchestra / Matthew Aucoin (conductor), Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 26.5.2018. (JRo)

 Matthew Aucoin's opera Crossing is inspired by poet Walt Whitman's experience working in military hospitals during the Civil War.
Matthew Aucoin’s opera Crossing
is inspired by poet Walt Whitman’s experience working in military hospitals during the Civil War.

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