United States John Adams, Copland: Leila Josefowicz (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / John Adams (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 29.11.2018. (MSJ)
Josefowicz in Adams’s Frightening Ode to Scheherazade
This Week’s Review
Bayerische Staatsoper Triumphs in a Revival of Their Production of Jenůfa
Germany Janáček, Jenůfa: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Simone Young (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 27.11.2018. (JMI)
(c) Bayerische Staatsoper
A Young Portuguese Conductor Shows His Mettle
Portugal Rachmaninov, Brahms: Pasquale Iannone (piano), Madeira Classical Orchestra / Dinis Sousa (conductor), Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias, Funchal, Madeira, 24.11.2018. (JQ)
From Gershwin Swagger to Sublime Swans
United States Gershwin, Tchaikovsky: Spencer Meyer (piano), Canton Symphony Orchestra / Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Performing Arts Hall, Canton, Ohio, 18.11.2018. (TW)
Marking the Czech Centennial with the Czech Philharmonic
United States Dvořák, Mahler: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Christiane Karg (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano), Prague Philharmonic Choir / Lukáš Vasilek (principal conductor), Czech Philharmonic / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 27-28.10.2018. (BH)
On Period Instruments, a Voyage of Faith for the 21st Century
United States O Jerusalem: Soloists, Apollo’s Singers, Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor), Kulas Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 17.11.2018. (MSJ)
Barenboim and Don Quixote Mine History in Hollywood
United States R. Strauss, Tchaikovsky: Kian Soltani (cello), Miriam Manasherov (viola), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim. Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 11.11.2018. (LV)
Heggie’s Opera: Sentimental, Colorful, Effective, and Mostly ‘Wonderful’
United States Jake Heggie, It’s a Wonderful Life: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera / Patrick Summers (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 17.11.2018. (HS)
(c) Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera