United States Winter Festival: various artists, in Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle (BJ)
Seattle
A Postscript to La Cenerentola
United States Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Seattle Opera, Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor), McCaw Hall, Seattle, 12 and 25.1.2013 (BJ)
Matthew Halls Takes Bach’s Breath Away
United States Handel, Rameau, Telemann, and Bach: Matthew Halls (conductor), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 18.1.2013 (BJ)
A Stunningly Inventive Fairy-Tale Triumph
United States Rossini, La Cenerentola: Seattle Opera, soloists, Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor), McCaw Hall, Seattle, 12.1.2013 (BJ)
Pining for that Delicious Spice of Danger
United States Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, and Mozart: HJ Lim (piano), Seattle Symphony, Jun Märkl (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 10.1.2013 (BJ)
Beethoven Loses to Piazzolla in Seasonal Match
United States Piazzolla and Beethoven: Elisa Barston (violin), Eva Lucero and Patricio Touceda (tango dancers), Nicole Cabell (soprano), Susan Platts (mezzo-soprano), Clifton Forbis (tenor), Eric Owens (bass), Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 28.12.2012 (BJ)
Summoned to Heaven by Refreshing “Messiah”
United States Handel, Messiah: Shannon Mercer (soprano), Laura Pudwell (mezzo-soprano), Ross Hauck (tenor), Kevin Deas (bass), Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony, Stephen Stubbs (conductor and harpsichord), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 16.12.2012 (BJ)
Seasonal Bach, No Luxury Cars in Sight
United States Bach, Tunder, Kuhnau, Praetorius, Böddecker: Yulia Van Doren and Catherine Webster (sopranos), Laura Pudwell (alto), Colin Balzer (tenor), Jesse Blumberg (baritone), Pacific MusicWorks, Stephen Stubbs (conductor and lute), St James Cathedral, Seattle, 1.12.2012 (BJ)