United States Bach: Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Roxana Constantinescu (contralto), Benedikt Kristjansson (tenor), Jakob Pilgram (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart / Hans-Christoph Rademann (conductor), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 18.4.2017. (DD)
Los Angeles
Like Alphorns? How About Four of Them?
United States Mozart, G.F. Haas, Haydn: Stephen Kovacevich (piano), honroh modern alphorn quartet, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 2.4.2017. (LV)
Grigolo, Damrau, and Park Bring Hoffmann’s Tales Vividly to Life
United States Offenbach, The Tales of Hoffmann: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / Plácido Domingo (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 25.3.2017. (JRo)
Trisha Brown’s Dancers Light Up Los Angeles
United States Trisha Brown, In Plain Site Los Angeles: Trisha Brown Dance Company, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 11.3.2017. (JRo)
Alvin Ailey Dancers Embody the American Soul
United States Various composers: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 8.3.2017. (JRo)
The Bamberg Symphony Brings Its Teutonic Tradition to Los Angeles
United States Mozart, Bruch, Beethoven: Ray Chen (violin), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), Royce Hall, UCLA. Los Angeles, 17.2.2017. (DD)
A Vividly Sung Salome with Patricia Racette
United States Strauss, Salome: Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 25.2.2017. (JRo)
Lost in the Stars: A Timeless Work that Speaks to All
United States Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson, Lost in the Stars: Artists and Soloists of Siti Company, Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers, Los Robles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Kahane (conductor), Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 29.1.2017. (JRo)
Photo credit: Reed Hutchinson.