United States Roger Waters/Julien Bilodeau, Another Brick on the Wall: Soloists, Members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Alain Trudel (conductor), School for Creative and Performing Arts, Corbett Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio. 31.7.2018. (RDA)
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A Transgender Study Is a Breath of Fresh Air
United States Laura Kaminsky, As One (libretto by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed): Soloists, members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Gene Chang (conductor) Wilks Studio, Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio. 25.7.2018. (RDA)
A Seventeenth-Century Embarrassment of Operatic Riches
United States Monteverdi, The Coronation of Poppea: Soloists, Members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Annalisa Pappano’s Catacoustic Consort / Gary Thor Wedow (conductor), School for Creative and Performing Arts, Corbett Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio. 21.6.2018. (RDA)
A Triple-Threat Soprano Heads Traviata Cast
United States Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera Orchestra / Renato Balsadonna (conductor), Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Music Hall. Cincinnati, Ohio. 14.6.2018. (RDA)
A Mass for a Deeply Dispiriting Time
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)
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)
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