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Rick Perdian

Rome Opera’s Orfeo ed Euridice Is Balm for the Soul

02/04/201919/03/2019 by Rick Perdian

ItalyItaly Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Soloists, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Chorus and Orchestra / Gianluca Capuano (conductor), Teatro Costanzi, Rome, 17.3.2019. (RP)

Carlo Vistoli (Orfeo) © Fabrizio Sansoni

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Baptism by Fire for Conductor Ayrton Desimpelaere in Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège’s Aida

23/03/201916/03/2019 by Rick Perdian

BelgiumBelgium Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège / Ayrton Desimpelaere (conductor), Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Liège, 12.3.2019. (RP)

Aida © Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège

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Colmar’s Théâtre Municipal is the Perfect Venue for a Legrenzi Rarity

23/03/201913/03/2019 by Rick Perdian

FranceFrance Legrenzi, La divisione del mondo: Soloists, Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (conductor). Opéra national du Rhin, Théâtre Municipal, Colmar, 9.3.2019. (RP)

Christopher Lowrey (Mars), Sophie Junker (Venus) & Stuart Jackson (Neptune)
© Klara Beck

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Hardly Ageless but Definitely Timeless, Nello Santi Conducts Lucia di Lammermoor in Zurich

18/03/201908/03/2019 by Rick Perdian

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Nello Santi (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 5.3.2019. (RP)

Lucia di Lammermoor (c) Toni Suter

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Anja Harteros in Recital – Voice and Body in Service of Song

18/03/201906/03/2019 by Rick Perdian

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Various: Anja Harteros (soprano), Wolfram Rieger (piano), Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 4.3.2019. (RP)

Anja Harteros (c) Marco Borggreve

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Matthew Polenzani and Julius Drake Partner in Songs of Nature, Love and Passion

10/03/201927/02/2019 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms, Janáček: Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano), Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 24.2.2019. (RP)

Matthew Polenzani (tenor) and Julius Drake (piano) © Jennifer Taylor
Matthew Polenzani (tenor) and Julius Drake (piano) © Jennifer Taylor

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Sixteen Singers Shine in London Foundation Finals

16/08/202025/02/2019 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States George London Foundation Awards Competition Finals – Various composers: Soloists, David Holkeboer (piano), The Morgan Museum & Library, New York, 22.2.2019. (RP)

The 2019 George London Competition winners with Nora London
© Jennifer Taylor

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The Subtle Pleasures of the French Baroque with Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations

10/03/201924/02/2019 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States Various composers: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall (conductor), Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 21.2.2019. (RP)

Jordi Savall © David Ignaszewski
Jordi Savall © David Ignaszewski

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