United States Cincinnati Opera 2013 Season Preview
Rafael de Acha
All-American Program Makes Majestic Season Closer
United States Higdon, Barber, Copland: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati. 3.5.2013 (RDA)
Carlos Kalmar, Score-Less
United States Beethoven, Britten, Nielsen: Simone Lansma (violin), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati.26.4.2013 (RDA)
Rossini Helps A Company Bounce Back with Style and Grace
United States Rossini, Moses in Egypt: Soloists, Michael Counts (director); Jayce Ogren (conductor); New York City Opera at City Center. 14-4-13 (RDA)
Solemnity and Folksiness Collide in Stylish Flute
United States Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Stephen Goldstein (director), Isaac Selya (conductor), College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, Corbett Auditorium. Cincinnati, Ohio. 7.4.13 (RDA)
Shakespearean Influences Unite Two Disparate Groups
A Common Thread: Thomas Morley, John Dowland, Ned Rorem, Henry Bishop, Anthony Holborne, Igor Stravinsky, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Paul Moravec, Robert Johnson and Richard Allison: Catacoustic Consort, Annalisa Pappano (artistic director); concert:nova, Ixi Chen (artistic director); Minyoung Baik, Randolph Bowman, Ixi Chen, Jennifer Joplin, Brian Kay, Youngmi Kim, Avedis Manoogian, David Morris, Theodore Nelson, Annalisa Pappano, David Walker, Heidi Yenney (soloists), Cincinnati, OH. 17.3.13 (RDA)
Amplitude and Calisthenics from Tomorrow’s Star Singers
United States Opera Scholarship Competition, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Corbett Auditorium, Cincinnati, OH. 16.3.13 (RDA)
Heavenly Sampler of Kurt Weill
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)