Rick Perdian – Page 3 – Seen and Heard International

Five rising singers garner top prizes at the 2025 George and Nora London Foundation Competition Finals

23/02/202523/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Various – George and Nora London Foundation Competition Finals: Soloists, Lachlan Glen (piano). The Morgan Museum & Library, New York, 21.2.2025. (RP)

Evan Lazdowski, Magdalena Kuźma, Alec Carlson, John Hauser (London Foundation President), Shelén Hughes, and Joseph Parrish © Beth Bergman

Heartbeat Opera has a hit with its small-scale but potent Salome

17/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Richard Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Band / Jacob Ashworth (conductor). Heartbeat Opera, Irondale Center, Brooklyn, 14.2.2025. (RP)

Melina Jaharis (Page), Patrick Cook (Herod), and Jeremy Harr (Soldier) © Andrew Boyle

Leon Botstein and TŌN resurrect Weingartner’s transcription of Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’

15/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Various – ‘Transcription as Translation’: The Orchestra Now / Leon Botstein (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 11.2.2025. (RP)

Concertmaster Samuel Frois and The Orchestra Now © Matt Dine

Ensemble Connect premieres works by Katherine Balch in an eclectic program

14/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Various: Ensemble Connect. Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 10.2.2025. (RP)

Oliver Xu (percussion) in Katherine Balch’s ‘musica spolia’ © Richard Termine

Kent Tritle explores the wondrous sounds of St. John the Divine’s Great Organ

10/02/202509/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Various: Kent Tritle (organ). The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York, 4.2.2025. (RP)

Kent Tritle at the Great Organ © St. John the Divine

MasterVoices probes crime and punishment in Blind Injustice

06/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Scott Davenport Richards, Blind Injustice: Soloists, MasterVoices, Orchestra / Ted Sperling (conductor). Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York, 3.2.2025. (RP)

Christian Pursell (Prosecutor) © Erin Baiano

Opera Philadelphia’s The Anonymous Lover is lighter than air

04/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Bologne, The Anonymous Lover: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera Philadelphia / Kalena Bovell (conductor). Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 31.1.2025. (RP)

Ashley Marie Robillard (Jeanette) and Joshua Blue (Colin) © Johanna Austin

Joyce DiDonato’s surprise appearance as William Christie celebrates his eightieth birthday at Carnegie Hall

03/02/202502/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Charpentier, Lully, Rameau: Ana Vieira Leite (soprano), Rebecca Leggett, Juliette May (mezzo-sopranos), Richard Pittsinger, Bastien Rimondi (tenors), Matthieu Walendzik (baritone), Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (artistic director and conductor). Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 28.1.2025. (RP)

William Christie and Joyce DiDonato © Richard Termine

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