Italy Auber, Fra Diavolo: Soloists, Orchestra, Chorus and Corps de Ballet of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Rory Macdonald (conductor), Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Rome, 17.10.2017. (RP)
Auber’s Fra Diavolo in a Single Word – Deliziosa!
Rick Perdian
She May Not Dance, but Catherine Naglestad’s Beautiful Salome Can Sing!
Switzerland Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Philharmonia Zürich / Ulf Schirmer (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 15.10.2017. (RP)
Brooklyn Academy of Music Presents Matthew Aucoin’s Crossing – An American Opera
United States Matthew Aucoin, Crossing: 2017 New Wave Festival – Soloists, Chorus, A Far Cry/Matthew Aucoin (conductor), Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, 8.10.2017. (RP)
Screaming Viva for the Loveliest of Divas – Pretty Yende in Recital
Switzerland Various composers: Pretty Yende (soprano), Michele D’Elia (piano), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 25.9.2017. (RP)
Mars! Ready or Not, We’re on our Way! – Kein Licht at the Opéra national du Rhin
France Philippe Manoury, Kein Licht (2011/2012/2017): Soloists, Vocal quartet from the Chorus of the National Theater of Zagreb, United Instruments of Lucilin / Julien Leroy (conductor), Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg, 22.9.2017. (RP)
Surveying the Choral Works of Bach – Total Immersion with the J. S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen
Switzerland Bach: Joanne Lunn (soprano), Sören Richter (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), Choir and Orchestra of the J. S. Bach Foundation / Rudolf Lutz (conductor and harpsichord), Reformed Church, Trogen, 15.9.2017. (RP)
Saving the Best for Last – Mussorgsky’s Khovanschina at the Wiener Staatsoper
Austria Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Soloists, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Wiener Staatsoper Children’s Chorus, Chorus & Orchestra / Michael Güttler (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 11.9.2017. (RP)
Just Who Can Top Anna Netrebko as Leonora in Il trovatore?
Austria Verdi, Il trovatore: Wiener Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 10.9.2017. (RP)
