United States Rising Stars 2015 at Lyric Opera of Chicago: J’nai Bridges, Tracy Cantin, Jesse Donner, Anthony Clark Evans, John Irvin, Jonathan Johnson, Will Liverman, Julie Miller, Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi, Richard Ollarsaba, Bradley Smoak, and Laura Wilde. Maureen Zoltek (piano), Lyric Opera Orchestra, Michael Christie (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 21.3.2015 (JLZ)
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Powerful Holocaust Memories in Weinberg’s The Passenger
United States Mieczysław Weinberg, The Passenger: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 15.3.2015 (JLZ)
Russian Symphonies Illuminated by Italian Elegance and American Virtuosity
United States Scriabin and Tchaikovsky: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center, Chicago. 3.3.2015 (BJ)
Johan Botha Leads an Impeccably Sung Tannhäuser
United States Wagner, Tannhä Wagner, Tuser: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 14.2.2015 (JLZ)
Whose Tosca?
United States Puccini: Tosca, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, 24.1.2015 (JLZ)
A Triumphant Anna Bolena with Consummate Style
Donizetti, Anna Bolena: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Patrick Summers (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 6.12.2014 (JLZ)
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Ascher Fisch Leads a Riveting Il trovatore
United States Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ascher Fisch (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL. 15.11.2014 (JLZ)
Anvils and gypsies steal the revival of David McVicar’s Il trovatore
United States Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and Chorus, Asher Fisch (conductor), Michael Black (chorus master), Civic Opera House, Chicago 27.10.2014. (DP)