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Cincinnati

A Silvery Instrument Combined with Assertive Vocalism

06/10/201403/10/2014 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States Strauss, Wolf, Previn: Jeanine De Bique (soprano), Christopher Cano (piano), Cincinnati, Ohio. 10.2.2014 (RDA)

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Embracing New Repertoire with Affection and Assuredness

06/10/201403/10/2014 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States Schubert, Haydn, Brahms, Mozart: Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Tamar Halperin (piano), Corbett Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio. 10.1.2014 (RDA)

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To Meet Demand, Upshaw and Kalish Relocate to a Larger Hall

06/10/201402/10/2014 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States Ives, Schubert, Bartók, Ravel, Bolcom: Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Gilbert Kalish (piano), Corbett Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio. 23.9.2014 (RDA)

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Cincinnati Offers Sparkling 2014-2015 Season

08/02/201507/08/2014 by Rafael De Acha

Cincinnati Offers Sparkling 2014-2015 Season

 

Photo: Phillip Groshong
Cincinnati Music Hall Photo: Phillip Groshong

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Gender Confusion and Hasty Mating Encounters

29/07/201423/07/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Francesco Cavalli, La Calisto: Soloists, Thomas C. Hase (conductor), Cincinnati Opera, Corbett Theater, School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio. 17.7.2014 (RDA)

La Calista Photo credit - Philip Groshong
La Calisto
Photo credit – Philip Groshong

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Potent Imagery Evoking the Weimar Era

25/06/201423/06/2014 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States The Tragedy of Time: MamLuft&Co. Dance, Jeanne Mam-Luft (artistic director), Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio. 20.6.2014 (RDA)

Mam-Luft Dance Photo credit: Jeanne Mam-Luft
Mam-Luft Dance Photo credit: Jeanne Mam-Luft

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The Deadly Arts of War, the Pains and Perils of Love

25/06/201423/06/2014 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States  Monteverdi, Kapsberger, Peri, Vitali, Caccini and Merula: Cincinnati Opera, Evans Mirageas (Artistic Director), Catacoustic Consort, Annalisa Pappano (Artistic Director), First Lutheran Church, Cincinnati, Ohio. 21.6.2014 (RDA)

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The Promise of Things to Come in Straightforward Carmen

17/06/201413/06/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera, Marc Piollet (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio, 15.6.2014 (RDA)

Finale of Cincinnati Opera's "Carmen" (Photo: Cincinnati Opera/Philip Groshong)
Finale of Cincinnati Opera’s “Carmen” (Photo: Cincinnati Opera/Philip Groshong)

 

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