United States Bernstein, Mass: Kevin Vortman (tenor), May Festival Chorus, Cincinnati Youth Chorus, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Robert Porco (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio. 19.5.2018. (RDA)
A Mass for a Deeply Dispiriting Time
Cincinnati
An Impressive Pianist and an Extraordinary Orchestral Ensemble
United States Chapela, Barber, Rachmaninoff: Inon Barnatan (piano), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / James Gaffigan (conductor), Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio. 7.4.18 (RDA)
Rafael de Acha Introduces Some of Cincinnati’s New Musical Entrepreneurs
In Cincinnati, a New Crop of Musical Entrepreneurs
Eclectic Menu Opens Newly Renovated Music Hall
United States Adams, Beethoven, Holland, Scriabin: Kit Armstrong (piano), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Louis Langrée (Music Director), Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH. 6.10.2017. (RDA)
If It’s August in Cincinnati, That Means Summermusik
United States Mendelssohn, Mozart, Maxwell Davies, Febel, Preu, Saint-Saëns, David Bowie, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Mahler, Stravinsky: Soloists, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra / Eckart Preu (conductor), SPCA Corbett Theater, Cincinnati, OH. 5-12-19.8.2017. (RDA)
A Feverish Flute That Would Have Pleased Its Composer
United States Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera. Aronoff Centre, Cincinnati, OH. 15.7.2017. (RDA)
A Revival of Frida, an Opera About Two Mexican Artists
United States Robert Xavier Rodríguez, Frida: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera / Andres Cladera (conductor), Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH. 8.7.2017. (RDA)
Puccini’s Bohemians Move to the 1930s
United States Puccini, La bohème: Cincinnati Opera, Natascha Metherell (director) / Louis Langrée (conductor), Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH. 15.6.2017. (RDA)
Production:
Stage Director – Natascha Metherell
Scenic & Costume – Designer Isabella Bywater
Lighting Designer – Thomas C. Hase
Hair & Make-up – Designer James Geier
Chorus Master – Henri Venanzi
Cast:
Mimì – Nicole Cabell
Musetta – Jessica Rivera
Rodolfo – Sean Panikkar
Marcello – Rodion Pogossov
Colline – Nathan Stark
Schaunard – Edward Nelson
Benoit/Alcindoro – Marco Nisticò