Dennis Polkow – Page 2 – Seen and Heard International

Rob Ashford Offers a New Spin on Carousel

02/05/201529/04/2015 by Stan

United States Rodgers & Hammerstein, Carousel: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, David Chase (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL, 24.4.2015 (DP)

4/8/15 4:16:07 PM -- Chicago, IL, USA Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents Carousel © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2015 — Charlotte d’Amboise as Mrs. Mullin in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Carousel. (Photo: Todd Rosenberg)

Muti Champions Scriabin and Mourns a Critic with Mozart

04/04/201502/04/2015 by Stan

United States Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Prokoviev, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Mozart, Ligeti, Beethoven: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Alisa Kolosova (mezzo-soprano), Sergey Skorokhodov (tenor), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Rosa Feola (soprano), Alisa Kolosova (mezzo-soprano), Saimir Pirgu (tenor), Michele Pertusi (bass), Stephanie Jeong (violin), Kenneth Olsen (cello), Jonathan Biss (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director), Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Riccardo Muti (conductor), Orchestra Hall, Chicago 15/23/27.1.2015, 19/26.2.2015, 7.3 2015 (DP)

Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Photo: the Chicago Symphony Orchestra — Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Photo: Todd Rosenberg)

Anvils and gypsies steal the revival of David McVicar’s Il trovatore

24/02/202430/10/2014 by Dennis Polkow

noname-500 — The Anvil Chorus in Verdi’s *Il trovatore* at Lyric Opera of Chicago (Photo: Robert Kusel)

United States Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and Chorus, Asher Fisch (conductor), Michael Black (chorus master), Civic Opera House, Chicago 27.10.2014. (DP)

Muti and CSO Offer Hometown Preview of European Tour

07/11/201424/10/2014 by Stan

United States Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, Debussy, Panufnik, Stravinsky: Christopher Martin (trumpet), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor) Orchestra Hall, Chicago. 19/25.9.14; 4.10.14. (DP)

CSO141002_058-500 — Conductor Riccardo Muti, principal trumpet Christopher Martin and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform Panufnik’s “Concerto in modo antico.” (Photo: Todd Rosenberg)

Music vs. Words Debate Tipped in a Glorious Capriccio

22/10/201413/10/2014 by Stan

United States Strauss, Capriccio: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, 6.10.2014 (DP)

William Burden as Flamard and Renée Fleming as the Countess in Lyric Opera of Chicago's Capriccio. Photo: Todd Rosenberg — William Burden as Flamard and Renée Fleming as the Countess in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Capriccio.
Photo: Todd Rosenberg

Robert Falls’ Carnal, Noirish Don Giovanni

22/10/201407/10/2014 by Stan

United States Mozart, Don Giovanni: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Michael Black (chorus master), Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois. 27.9.2014 (DP)

Muti Sculpts Breathtaking Beethoven Ninth

11/03/202330/09/2014 by Stan

Beethoven: Camilla Nylund (soprano), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Eric Owens, (bass-baritone), Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe (chorus director), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor). Orchestra Hall, Chicago. 18.9.2014 (DP)

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