Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Seattle Opera, soloists, Gary Thor Wedow (conductor), Chris Alexander (director), Rosa Mercedes (choreographer), Robert Dahlstrom with Robert Schaub (set design), Zandra Rhodes (costumes), Duane Schuler (lighting designer), Beth Kirchhoff (chorus director), Philip A. Kelsey and David McDade (musical preparation), McCaw Hall, Seattle, 7-8.5.2011 (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
Seattle’s University Symphony with Ives, Prokofiev and Nielsen
Ives, Prokofiev, and Nielsen: Jonathan Pasternack (conductor), Elisa Barston (violin), University Symphony, Meany Hall, Seattle, 10.5.2011 (BJ)
Martinů , Shostakovich, Honegger, and Haydn in Seattle
Martinů , Shostakovich, Honegger, and Haydn: Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Vladimir Feltsman (piano), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 5.5.2011 (BJ)
The Center Can Hold: Strong Strauss Surrounded By Weaker Works
Villa-Lobos, Strauss, and Prokofiev: Seattle Symphony musicians and guests, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 22.4.2011 (BJ)
Barber’s Vanessa: Successful But Not Perfect
Barber, Vanessa: Pacific Opera Victoria, soloists, Timothy Vernon (conductor), Glynis Leyshon (director), Jacques Lemay (choreographer), Pam Johnson (sets and costumes), Gerald King (lighting designer), Giuseppe Pietraroia (chorus director), Robert Holliston (chief coach and répétiteur), Royal Theatre, Victoria, British Columbia, 30.4.2011 (BJ)
Modern Music Without Tears: Sibelius, Britten and Bartok in Seattle
Sibelius, Britten, and Bartók: Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin), Pietari Inkinen (conductor), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 28.4.2011 (BJ)
Yevgeny Sudbin plays Haydn, Shostakovich, Chopin, Liszt and Ravel
Haydn, Shostakovich, Chopin, Liszt, and Ravel: Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), Meany Hall, Seattle, 20.4.2011 (BJ)
A Day on the Town, A Night in Hell – Early Music in Seattle
A Day on the Town, A Night in Hell : Early Music Guild, Spectrum Dance Theater, and Seattle Theatre Group, Stephen Stubbs (music director), Theodore Deacon (producer and artistic director), Roberta Russell (set designer), Carl Bronsdon (costume designer), Moore Theatre, Seattle, 17.4.2011 (BJ)