United States Into a Lamplit Room: The Songs of Kurt Weill. Aubrey Berg (director), Julie Spangler (musical direction), Joey Dippel (musical staging). College Conservatory of Music. University of Cincinnati, Cohen Studio Theatre. 4.3.13. (RDA)
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Dance or Spoken Theatre? Both.
United States Mam-Luft&Co. Dance: Jefferson James, Jeanne Mam-Luft, Susan Honer and Ashley Powers (choreography); Denny Reed (lighting design); Jeanne Mam-Luft (video and sound design); Jefferson James, Chelsea Davis, Jeanne Mam-Luft, Grett Marchek (costumes); Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. 23.2.13. (RDA)
No Sleeping Allowed (but Perhaps a Drinking Song)
United States Pierre Attaingnant, Robert Ballard, Pierre Guédron, Robert de Visée and Étienne Moulinié: Rodney Stucky (lute and guitar), Mary Stucky (mezzo-soprano), Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Cincinnati, Ohio. 10.2.13 (RDA)
“Coarse, Primitive and Vulgar?” Wigglesworth Shows Otherwise
United States Grieg, Shostakovich: Simon Trpčeski (piano), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati. 8.2.2013 (RDA)
Verdi’s Souls, Fighting for Salvation
United States Verdi: Requiem: Helen Lyons (soprano), Leah de Gruyl (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Weeks (tenor), Andrew Funk (bass), Philharmonia Orchestra, Chamber Choir and Chorale, Mark Gibson (conductor), College-Conservatory of Music, Corbett Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1.2.13 (RDA)
It’s Never Too Late for Early Music
United States Mealli, van Eyck, Maute, Schmelzer, Corelli, Vitali, Castaldi, Kuehnel, Telemann and Vivaldi: Catacoustic Consort, Matthias Maute (recorder), Annalisa Pappano (viola da gamba), David Walker (theorbo), Ellizabeth Motter (Baroque triple-strung harp). Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1.2.13 (RDA)
A Classy, Unpretentious Way of Deciphering Wagner
United States Wagner’s Die Walküre—A Musical Analysis: Stacey Rishoi (mezzo-soprano), Ric Furman (tenor), Gustav Andreassen (bass), Valerie Pool (piano), Charles Parsons (commentator), Wagner Society of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 27.1.2013 (RDA)
Completing Unfinished Mozart—With Weber
United States Mozart, Zaide; Weber, Abu Hassan: Soloists, Queen City Chamber Opera, Isaac Selya (conductor), Cincinnati, Ohio. 26.1.2013 (RDA)