Canada Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Pacific Opera Victoria, soloists, Oriol Tomas (director), Ian Rye (set designer), Sheila White (costume designer)), Kimberly Purtell (lighting designer), Jacques Lemay (choreographer), Victoria Symphony, Timothy Vernon (conductor), Royal Theatre, Victoria, British Columbia, 21.2.2014 (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
A Dramatic and Impressive Symphonie fantastique from Morlot
United States Chabrier, Schumann, and Berlioz: Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Xavier Phillips, cello), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 13.2.2014 (BJ)
Lightness and Sparkle from Joshua Bell
United States Tartini, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, and Wieniawski: Joshua Bell (violin), Sam Haywood (piano), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 5.2.2014 (BJ)
Olari Elts Impresses in Return Engagement
United States Adams, Liszt/Adams, and Shostakovich: Olari Elts (conductor), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 30.1.2014 (BJ)
Puzzling Lack of Evil in New Rigoletto
United States Verdi, Rigoletto: Seattle Opera, soloists, Riccardo Frizza (conductor), McCaw Hall, Seattle, 22.1.2014 (BJ)
Lehninger and Bavouzet in Impressive Seattle Symphony Debuts
United States Prokofiev, Haydn, and Mozart: Marcelo Lehninger (conductor), Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 23.1.2014 (BJ)
Collegial Virtuosity from Rachel Barton Pine
United States Vivaldi, Telemann, Handel, and Pisendel: Rachel Barton Pine (director, violin, viola d’amore), Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Town Hall, Seattle, 18.1.2014 (BJ)