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Jakub Józef Orliński talks to Rick Perdian Jakub Józef Orliński became an international sensation in 2017 with a YouTube video of him singing an aria, ‘Vedro con mio diletto’, from Vivaldi’s opera Il Giustino. Rather than the fiery coloratura Baroque showpieces that he often sings, the Polish countertenor performed a smoothly flowing love song with … Read more
United States Various, ‘Spanish Inspirations’: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (Will Liverman [baritone], Paul Huang & Danbi Um [violins], Paul Neubauer [viola], Nicholas Canellakis & Clive Greensmith [cellos], Anne-Marie McDermott & Wu Qian [piano]). Alice Tully Hall, New York, 14.11.2021. (RP)
United States Shawn Okpebholo, Unknown: Taylor Raven (mezzo-soprano), Michael Mayes (baritone), Schyler Vargas (baritone), Members of Inscape Chamber Orchestra / Robert Wood (conductor). Urban Arias, Arlington, VA. (Viewed on 11.11.2021 and available to stream free though 11.12.2021 at urbanarias.org.) (RP)
United States ‘Beginnings, Middles, and Ends’ – Remembering: Dominic Armstrong (tenor), Joshua Conyers (baritone), Michael Brofman, Brent Funderburk (piano). Brooklyn Art Song Society, First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 5.11.2021. (RP)
United States Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 29.10.2021. (RP)
United States Rossini: Lawrence Brownlee, Michael Spyres (tenors), Myra Huang, Thomas Lausmann, Bryan Wagorn (piano). Theresa L. Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92nd Street Y, New York, 27.10.2021. (RP)
United States Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Metropolitan Opera, New York, 26.10.2021. (RP)
United States Robert Ashley, eL/Aficionado: Soloists / Tom Hamilton (music direction). Roulette, Brooklyn, 22.10.2021. (RP)
