Music in the Summer in the Queen City
Cincinnati
Striking Visuals Are Just the Beginning of This Tosca
United States Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Christopher Allen (conductor), Cincinnati Opera, Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH. 23.7.2016. (RDA)
Beethoven’s Impassioned Cry for the Rights of Man
United States Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera, Jun Märkl (conductor), Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 7.7.2016. (RDA)
Photo: Phillip Groshong
A Sublime, Edgy Die Fledermaus
United States Strauss, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH. 16.6.2016 (RDA)
Conlon Leads Powerful Concert Otello
United States Verdi, Otello: (concert performance): Soloists, Cincinnati May Festival, James Conlon (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio, 22.5.2016 (RDA)
A Sunny Production of Il Signor Bruschino
United States Rossini, Il Signor Bruschino: Soloists, College-Conservatory of Music, Avishai Shalom (conductor), Frances Rabalais (stage director), Kristen Budke (scenic designer), Dean Mogle (costume designer), Kelly Yurko and Danae R. Jimenez (wigs and make up design), Erik McCandless (lighting designer). College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. 20.2.2016. (RDA)
Staged or Not, Volcanic Salome Impresses
United States R. Strauss, Salome: Soloists, C-CM Philharmonia, Mark Gibson (conductor). College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. 29.1.2016. (RDA)
Nine Dancers Show the Complexities of Human Relationships
United States MamLuft&Co. Dance, “Double/Sided”: Jeanne Mam-Luft (artistic director), Steven P. Evans and Elena Rodriguez (choreographers), Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. 16.1.2016. (RDA)