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Rick Perdian

Degenerate, but brilliant – Krenek’s Three Short Operas prove timeless in Frankfurt

15/11/201903/11/2019 by Rick Perdian

GermanyGermany Krenek, Three Short Operas: Soloists, Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester / Lothar Zagrosek (conductor), Opera Frankfurt, Frankfurt, 1.11.2019. (RP)

Davide Damiani (King) in The Secret Kingdom
© Barbara Aumüller

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Veronica Marini triumphs in Bellini’s La sonnambula at Como’s Teatro Sociale

08/11/201928/10/2019 by Rick Perdian

ItalyItaly Bellini, La sonnambula: Soloists, Coro OperaLombardia, I Pomeriggi Musicali / Leonardo Sini (conductor), OperaLombardia, Teatro Sociale, Como, 24.10.2019. (RP)

Veronica Marini (Amina) © Alessia Santambrogio

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Tosca in all its glory at Teatro Regio Torino

08/11/201927/10/2019 by Rick Perdian

Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Regio Torino, Children’s Chorus of Teatro Regio Torino and the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi / Daniel Oren (conductor), Teatro Regio Torino, Turin, 22 & 23.10.2019. (RP)

Anna Pirozzi (Tosca) and Ambrogio Maestri (Scarpia) (c) Edoardo Piva

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Bejun Mehta and Danielle de Niese dazzle in La Scala’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto

08/11/201925/10/2019 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Giovanni Antonini (conductor), Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 21.10.2019. (RP)

Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra) © Marco Brescia and Rudy Amisano

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Totally absorbing: sex, blasphemy and annihilation in Francesconi’s La Scala Quartett

08/11/201923/10/2019 by Rick Perdian

ItalyItaly Francesconi, Quartett: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Maxime Pascal (conductor), Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 19.10.2019. (RP)

Allison Cook (Marquise de Merteuil) and Robin Adams (Vicomte de Valmont)
© Rudy Amisano

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Musical magic in Nicola Raab’s dark, grim Rusalka for Opéra national du Rhin

04/11/201921/10/2019 by Rick Perdian

FranceFrance Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Chœurs de l’Opéra national du Rhin, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg / Antony Hermus (conductor), Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg, 19.10.2019. (RP)

Pumeza Matshikiza (Rusalka) and Bryan Register (Prince)
© Klara Beck

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Exploring grief through beauty with The Angel’s Share in Brooklyn

04/11/201913/10/2019 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States Pärt, Pergolesi, Barber: Molly Netter (soprano) Kate Maroney (mezzo-soprano), String Orchestra of Brooklyn / Eli Spindel (conductor), The Angel’s Share, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, 9.10.2019. (RP)

Eli Spindel in the Catacomb at Green-Wood Cemetery © Kevin Condon

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The Cleveland Orchestra shows its mettle in Mahler’s Fifth at Carnegie Hall

26/10/201907/10/2019 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States Widmann, Mahler: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 4.10.2019. (RP)

Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) with the Cleveland Orchestra © Chris Lee

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