United States Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York, 2.6.2023. (RP)
Sweeney Todd is back on Broadway in all its gory glory with a wonderful cast and full orchestra
Rick Perdian
Baritone Benjamin Appl explores the mysteries of the dark in his Carnegie Hall debut
United States Various: Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano). Carnegie Hall, New York, 20.5.2023. (RP)
Eric Moe’s The Artwork of the Future at Fresh Squeezed Opera pits humans against robots
United States Eric Moe, The Artwork of the Future: Soloists, Instrumentalists / Alex Wen (conductor). Fresh Squeezed Opera, HERE Performing Arts Center, New York, 19.5.2023. (RP)
Pittsburgh Opera presents two contemporary works that dare to speak the truth
United States Venables, Denis & Katya, & Roumain, We Shall Not Be Moved: Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh, 12 and 13.5.2023. (RP)
Nathalie Stutzmann leads a luxury cast in Ivo van Hove’s stark, powerful Met production of Don Giovanni
United States Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 9.5.2023. (RP)
‘Waiting for the Barbarians’: New sounds celebrate Greek poet C. P. Cavafy
United States Various – Archive of Desire, ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’: Eleni Calenos (soprano), Rufus Wainwright (singer), Helga Davis (performance artist), Laurie Anderson (narrator and tape-bow violin), Petros Klampanis (double bass), Brooklyn Youth Chorus / Dianne Berkun Menaker (conductor), The Knights / Eric Jacobsen (conductor). St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York, 2.5.2023. (RP)
Stile Antico celebrates William Byrd with supreme artistry in New York
United States Various, ‘England’s Nightingale: The Remarkable Music of William Byrd’: Stile Antico, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, New York, 29.4.2023. (RP)
Champion delivers a one-two punch at the Metropolitan Opera
United States Blanchard, Champion: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 22.4.2023. (RP)
