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BEST CONCERTO RECORDING of 2019: Antonín Dvořák & Aram Khachaturian — VIOLIN...
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841 – 1904): Violin Concerto in A minor, Opus 53andARAM KHACHATURIAN (1903 – 1978): Violin Concerto in D minor– Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Teddy...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Giuseppe Verdi — MACBETH (M. Rucker, O. Graham, S....
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901): Macbeth— Mark Rucker (Macbeth), Othalie Graham (Lady Macbeth), Song Zaikuan (Banco), Gianluca Sciarpelletti (Macduff), Jonathan Kaufman (Malcolm), Nancy Unser (Una dama di...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Richard Wagner — SIEGFRIED Act Three (R. Cox, A....
RICHARD WAGNER (1813 – 1883): Siegfried, WWV 86C – Act Three— Richard Cox (Siegfried), Alexandra LoBianco (Brünnhilde), Musa Ngqungwana (Der Wanderer), Nicole Piccolomini (Erda); North Carolina Opera...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Ruggero Leoncavallo — PAGLIACCI (B. S. Russell, S....
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO (1857 – 1919): Pagliacci— Brandon Scott Russell (Canio), Suzanne Kantorski (Nedda), Richard Zeller (Tonio), David Pershall (Silvio), Joel Sorensen (Beppe), Christian J. Blackburn...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Giacomo Puccini — MANON LESCAUT (L. Haroutounian, B....
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 – 1924): Manon Lescaut— Lianna Haroutounian (Manon Lescaut), Brian Jagde (Chevalier Renato des Grieux), Anthony Clark Evans (Lescaut), Philip Skinner (Geronte), Christopher...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Domenico Freschi — ERMELINDA (N. Printz, S. Couden, K....
DOMENICO FRESCHI (1634 – 1710): Ermelinda— Nikola Printz (Ermelinda), Sara Couden (Ormondo), Kindra Scharich (Rosaura), Justin Montigne (Aristeo), Deborah Rosengaus (Armidoro); Cynthia Black (violin...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gian Carlo Menotti — AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS (P....
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI (1911 – 2007): Amahl and the Night Visitors— Phillip Webb (Amahl), Stephanie Foley Davis (Mother), Jacob Ryan Wright (Kaspar), Robert Wells (Melchior), Donald Hartmann (Balthazar),...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Ruggero Leoncavallo — PAGLIACCI (C. Tanner, M....
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO (1857 – 1919): Pagliacci— Carl Tanner (Canio), Melinda Whittington (Nedda), Kidon Choi (Tonio), Takaoki Onishi (Silvio), Jason Karn (Beppe), Adam Dengler (Un contadino), Jerry...
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ARTS IN ACTION: There’s a new Minnie in town — soprano Amy Cofield interprets...
Girl of the golden voice: soprano Amy Cofield, Minnie in Opera Orlando’s February 2020 Opera on the Town production of Giacomo Puccini’s La fanciulla del West[Photograph by Javier Vladimir, © by Opera...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Giacomo Puccini — LA BOHÈME (S. Kybalova, A. Smith, C. R....
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 – 1924): La bohème— Stefanna Kybalova (Mimì), Adam Smith (Rodolfo), Corey Raquel Lovelace (Musetta), Giovanni Guagliardo (Marcello), Peter Morgan (Colline), Keith Harris...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Giacomo Puccini — LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST (A. Cofield, B....
GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 – 1924): La fanciulla del West [sung in a new English translation by David Scott Marley] — Amy Cofield (Minnie), Ben Gulley (Dick Johnson), Daniel Scofield (Jack Rance), Wesley...
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At present, we all are conquering extraordinary challenges in our individual lives, our families’ and friends’ lives, our respective municipalities, and our global Arts community.Freelance artists—and,...
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COVID-19 and the global response thereto have given artists in all genres and those who enjoy, support, and celebrate their work countless reasons to despair. Postponements, cancellations, and...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — LA CLEMENZA DI TITO (L. Webber,...
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791): La clemenza di Tito, K. 621— Logan Webber (Tito), Virginia Sheffield (Vitellia), Mason Taylor (Sesto), Margaret Ann Zentner (Servillia), Brennan Martinez (Annio),...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Faculty Recital by Donald Hartmann, bass-baritone (Tew...
Bass-baritone Donald Hartmann, faculty recitalist at UNCG on 22 September 2020, as Il sagrestano in North Carolina Opera’s April 2019 production of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca[Photograph by Eric Waters, ©...
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PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES: La Stupenda, per sempre - remembering DAME JOAN...
Alfin son tua: Australian soprano Dame Joan Sutherland (1926 – 2010) in the title rôle of Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at The Metropolitan Opera, 1961[Photograph by Louis Mélançon, © by The...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Echoes from Carolina — Carlisle Floyd’s SLOW DUSK and...
Echoes from Carolina— CARLISLE FLOYD (born 1926): Slow Dusk and KENNETH FRAZELLE (born 1955): From Appalachia[WORLD PREMIÈRE]— Charli Mills (Sadie), Phyllis Pancella (Aunt Sue), Logan Webber (Micah),...
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BEST ART SONG RECORDING of 2020: Benjamin Britten, Ivor Gurney, John Ireland,...
BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913 – 1976), IVOR GURNEY (1890 – 1937), JOHN IRELAND (1879 – 1962), ROGER QUILTER (1877 – 1953), IAN VENABLES (born 1955), and PETER WARLOCK (1894 – 1930): a lad’s love— Brian...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gustav Mahler — DAS LIED VON DER ERDE (Clay Hilley,...
GUSTAV MAHLER (1860 – 1911): Das Lied von der Erde— Clay Hilley (tenor), Stephen Powell (baritone); Amici Musicorum; Steven White, conductor [Streamed performance by Opera Roanoke, Jefferson Center,...
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Christoph Willibald Gluck — ORFEO ED EURIDICE (N....
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714 – 1787): Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30 (1762 Vienna version) — Nicholas Tamagna (Orfeo), Kearstin Piper Brown (Euridice), Laura León (Amore), Kinneret Ely (ensemble soprano),...
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