Rick Perdian

Sebastian Catana’s Jester Anchors Berkshire Opera Festival’s Riveting Rigoletto

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United StatesUnited States Berkshire Opera Festival – Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Berkshire Opera Festival Chorus & Orchestra / Brian Garman (conductor), Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, MA, 25.8.2018. (RP)

Sebastian Catana (Rigoletto) and Maria Valdes (Gilda) in Berkshire Opera Festival’s Rigoletto © Ken Howard
Sebastian Catana (Rigoletto) & Maria Valdes (Gilda) in Rigoletto © Ken Howard

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Art and Nature Combine for a Transcendent Mahler Third at Tanglewood

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood [6] – Mahler, Symphony No.3: Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Children’s Chorus / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 24.8.2018. (RP)

Susan Graham (mezzo), Andris Nelsons (conductor) & BSO (c) Chris Lee

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Dima Slobodeniouk Debuts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood [4] – Borodin, Wieniawski, Prokofiev: Joshua Bell (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor), Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 5.8.2018. (RP)

Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor), Joshua Bell (violin) & BSO © Hilary Scott

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Teatro Nuovo is Launched with Rossini’s Tancredi

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United StatesUnited States Rossini, Tancredi (semi-staged version): Soloists, Jakob Lehmann (primo violino e capo d’orchestra), Teatro Nuovo Chorus and Orchestra/Will Crutchfield (maestro al cembalo), Teatro Nuovo, The Performing Arts Center, Purchase, 3.8.2018. (RP)

Tamara Mumford (Tancredi) & Leo Radosavljevic (Orbazzano) © Steven Pisano

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Honoring Those Who Fought in the War to End All Wars – The Glimmerglass Festival’s Compelling Silent Night

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United StatesUnited States The Glimmerglass Festival [3] – Puts, Silent Night: Soloists, The Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra and Chorus / Nicole Paiement (conductor), Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, 22.7.2018. (RP)

Michael Hewitt (Lieutenant Horstmayer) in Silent Night © Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival
Michael Hewitt (Lieutenant Horstmayer) in Silent Night
© Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival

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Lightning Strikes Twice – The Glimmerglass Festival’s Cunning Little Vixen Is a Winner

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United StatesUnited States The Glimmerglass Festival [2] – Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen: Soloists, The Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra and Chorus / Joseph Colaneri (conductor), Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, 21.7.2018. (RP)

Joanna Latini (the Vixen) and Alyssa Martin (the Fox) with Lilly Grady, Catie LeCours and Maggie Stephens (their kits) in The Cunning Little Vixen © Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival
Joanna Latini (the Vixen) & Alyssa Martin (the Fox)
with Lilly Grady, Catie LeCours & Maggie Stephens (their kits)
in The Cunning Little Vixen © Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival

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