Brilliance from Muti and Haitink in a Trio of Concerts

United StatesUnited States Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Riccardo Muti (conductor).

Tchaikovsky and Mahler: Rosa Feola (soprano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor).

Mozart and R. Strauss: Till Fellner (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor).

All at Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center, Chicago, 23, 24 & 28.4.2016 (BJ)

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Domingo’s Star Quality Compensates for a Fading Voice

United StatesUnited States Verdi, Giordano, Dvořák, Lehár, Kálmán, Rogers and Hammerstein, Bernstein, de Falla, Torroba, Lecuona: Plácido Domingo (baritone, tenor), Ana María Martínez (soprano), Lyric Opera Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, 9.1.16 (DP)

Plácido Domingo (baritone, tenor) and Ana María Martínez (soprano). Photo: Michael Brosilow.
Plácido Domingo (baritone, tenor) and Ana María Martínez (soprano). Photo: Michael Brosilow.

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