United States Verdi, Don Carlos: Soloists; C-CM Concert Orchestra, Chamber Choir and Chorale; UC Men’s and Women’s Choruses; Mark Gibson (conductor and music director), Corbett Auditorium at College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 22.9.2013 (RDA)
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Genius in the Service of Genius
Italy Britten, Curlew River: Chorus of La Stagione Armonica, Members of Orchestra da Camera di Perugia. Conductor, Jonathan Webb. Stage Director, Andrea De Rosa. Lighting designer, Pasquale Mari with Mark Milhofer as the Madwoman. Sagra Musicale Umbra at the church of San Bevignate, Perugia. 22.09.2013 (JB)
Genius in the Service of Genius
A Carmen at Los Angeles Opera, Short on Sex Appeal
United States Bizet, Carmen: LA Opera, Placido Domingo (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 21.9.2013-6.10.13 (JRo)
Photo:Robert Millard
Dolores Claiborne an Earnest Failure
United States Tobias Picker, Dolores Claiborne: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 18.9.2013 (HS)
Oviedo Opera Season Opens with Disappointing Das Rheingold
Wagner: Das Rheingold, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Guillermo García Calvo (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 15.09.2013 (JMI)
Warmed Up Again: Mefistofele in San Francisco
United States A. Boito, Mefistofele: Soloists, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 11.9.2013 (RRR)
Spanish Opera Season Opens with Lucia di Lammermoor
Spain Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Gaos Choir, Ramón Tébar (conductor), Corũna’s Palacio de la Opera, 13.09.2013 (JMI)
Photo (c) Amigos dela Opera de A Coruña