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Cincinnati

Christopher Rouse’s final work, in its world premiere in Cincinnati

04/11/201920/10/2019 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States Ravel, Lalo, Christopher Rouse: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Louis Langrée (conductor), Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH, 19.10.2019. (RDA)

Composer Christopher Rouse (1949-2019)

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An Alpine ascent to open Cincinnati’s 125th season

10/10/201923/09/2019 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States R. Strauss, Dessner: Katia and Marielle Labèque (piano), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Louis Langrée (conductor), Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH, 20.9.2019. (RDA)

Louis Langrée (c) Benoit Linero.

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At CCM in Cincinnati, students (and faculty) show the way to the future

29/09/201921/09/2019 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States Brahms, Dvořák: Giora Schmidt (violin), University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Philharmonia Orchestra / Mark Gibson (conductor), Corbett Auditorium, Cincinnati, OH. 20.9.2019. (RDA)

Giora Schmidt (c) Dave Getzschman

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18th-Century Chamber Music Closes Superb Summermusik in Cincinnati

06/09/201926/08/2019 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States Bologne, Cimarosa, Mysliveček, W.A. Mozart, Leopold Mozart, Salieri: Julian Bliss (clarinet), Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra / Eckart Preu (conductor), SCPA Corbett Theater, Cincinnati, OH. 24.8.2019. (RDA)

Julian Bliss (c) Ben Wright

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Cincinnati Opera Does Great Justice to Blind Injustice

09/08/201924/07/2019 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States Scott Davenport Richards, Blind Injustice: Soloists, Members of the Young Professionals Choral Collective, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / John Morris Russell (conductor), Wilkes Auditorium, Cincinnati, OH. 22.7.2019. (RDA)

Cast of Blind Injustice (c) Philip Groshong

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Gorgeously sung Ariadne auf Naxos in Cincinnati

20/07/201909/07/2019 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States R. Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera / Jun Märkl (conductor), School for Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio. 11.7.2019. (RDA)

Liv Redpath as Zerbinetta in Ariadne at Cincinnati Opera (Photo: Cincinnati Opera)

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Cincinnati Opera Opens 99th Season with Charming Figaro

15/07/201914/06/2019 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Marc Piollet (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio. 14.6.2019. (RDA)

The Marriage of Figaro (c) Phillip Groshong/Cincinnati Opera

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In Cincinnati, Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito in 1959 Cuba

28/04/201914/04/2019 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States Mozart, La clemenza di Tito: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) / Jiannan Cheng (conductor), Corbett Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio. 12.4.2019. (RDA)

La clemenza di Tito (c) University of Cincinnati CCM

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