Clik here to view.
CD REVIEW: F. Chopin, R. Schumann, & A. Eliasson — PERSONAE (Beth Levin,...
FRÉDÉRIC FRANÇOIS CHOPIN (1810 – 1849), ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 – 1856), and ANDERS ELIASSON (1947 – 2013): Personae—Beth Levin, piano [Recorded at Peter Karl Studios, New York City, USA, on 27 July...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gioachino Rossini — IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (T. Cook, C....
GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792 – 1868): Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L’inutile precauzione—Troy Cook (Figaro), Cecelia Hall (Rosina), Andrew Owens (Il Conte d’Almaviva), Adam Lau (Don Basilio), Tyler...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LABEL TAKING THE LEAD: Nimrod Borenstein’s SUSPENDED OPUS 69 and Franz...
[1] NIMROD BORENSTEIN (born 1969): Suspended opus 69—das freie orchester Berlin; Laércio Diniz, conductor [Recorded in Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany, 27 – 28 August 2015; Solaire Records...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Francis Poulenc — DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES (S. M....
FRANCIS POULENC (1899 – 1963): Dialogues of the Carmelites—Shelley Marie Mihm (Blanche de la Force), Emily Wolber Scheuring (Madame de Croissy), Lyndsey Swann (Madame Lidoine), Megan Callahan (Mother...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Gaetano Donizetti — DON PASQUALE (S. Condy, G. Gerbrandt,...
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 – 1848): Don Pasquale—Steven Condy (Don Pasquale), Gregory Gerbrandt (Dottor Malatesta), Ariana Wyatt (Norina), Daniel Curran (Ernesto), Albert Carter (Un notaro), Anthony...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Giuseppe Verdi — LA TRAVIATA (A. Cofield Williamson, D....
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901): La traviata—Amy Cofield Williamson (Violetta Valéry), Dinyar Vania (Alfredo Germont), Levi Hernandez (Giorgio Germont), Carla Dirlikov Canales (Flora Bervoix), Jason...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Ruggero Leoncavallo — PAGLIACCI & Sergei Rachmaninov —...
[1] RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO (1857 – 1919): Pagliacci—Jeff Gwaltney (Canio), Elizabeth Caballero (Nedda), Giovanni Guagliardo (Tonio), Alexey Lavrov (Silvio), Jason Karn (Beppe)[2] SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Richard Wagner — DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (W. Tigges, C....
RICHARD WAGNER (1813 – 1883): Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63—Wayne Tigges (Der Holländer), Christina Pier (Senta), Peter Volpe (Daland), Corey Bix (Erik), Rachelle Pike (Mary), David Blalock (Der...
View ArticleClik here to view.
IN MEMORIAM: Internationally-acclaimed countertenor BRIAN ASAWA, 1966 – 2016
BRIAN ASAWA1 October 1966 – 18 April 2016There is no aspect of writing about the Performing Arts that I find more difficult than memorializing artists of importance to me, especially when I am...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES: The finest Art — Remembering a Lady whose stage was...
Daisy Belle Bradley Newsome3 November 1920 – 1 May 2016My grandmother was not a world-renowned singer, a prima ballerina, or a celebrated painter, but there is no question that Daisy Belle Bradley...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RECORDING OF THE MONTH / May 2016: Francesco Cavalli — SOSPIRI D’AMORE...
PIER FRANCESCO CAVALLI (1602 – 1676): Sospiri d’amore– Venetian Opera Duets and Arias, 1644 – 1666—Giulia Semenzato, soprano; Raffaele Pe, countertenor; La Venexiana; Claudio Cavina, conductor...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CD REVIEW: Franz Schubert — SCHWANENGESANG, D.957 (Hermann Prey, baritone;...
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828): Schwanengesang, D.957— [1] with Goethe Lieder by Schubert and Lieder by Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949); Hermann Prey, baritone; Walter Klien, piano (Schwanengesang); Karl...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Richard Wagner — GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (N. Stemme, D. Brenna,...
RICHARD WAGNER (1813 – 1883): Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D—Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde), Daniel Brenna (Siegfried), Melissa Citro (Gutrune), Ryan McKinny (Gunther), Eric Halfvarson (Hagen), Gordon Hawkins...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ARTS IN ACTION: Uruguayan soprano MARÍA JOSÉ SIRI tapped to open Teatro alla...
Bella Butterfly: Uruguayan soprano María José Siri, scheduled to open Teatro alla Scala’s 2016 – 2017 Season in the title rôle of Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly on 7 December 2016 [Photo © by David...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CD REVIEW: R. Nathaniel Dett — THE ORDERING OF MOSES (L. Moore, R. N. Miller,...
ROBERT NATHANIEL DETT (1882 – 1943): The Ordering of Moses—Latonia Moore (Miriam), Ronnita Nicole Miller (The Voice of Israel), Rodrick Dixon (Moses), Donnie Ray Albert (The Voice of God, The Word);...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RECORDINGS OF THE MONTH | June 2016: Benjamin Britten — SERENADE FOR TENOR,...
[1] BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913 – 1976): Young Apollo, Op. 16; Lachrymae, Op. 48a; Prelude and Fugue, Op. 29; Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, Op. 31—Allan Clayton, tenor; Richard Watkins, French...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CD REVIEW: Ruggero Leoncavallo — ZAZÀ (E. Jaho, R. Massi, S. Gaertner, P....
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO (1857 – 1919): Zazà—Ermonela Jaho (Zazà), Riccardo Massi (Milio Dufresne), Stephen Gaertner (Cascart), Patricia Bardon (Anaide), David Stout (Bussy), Nicky Spence (Courtois),...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CD REVIEW: Gaetano Donizetti — PARISINA D’ESTE (M. Devia, D. Gonzales, G....
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 – 1848): Parisina d’Este—Mariella Devia (Parisina), Dalmacio Gonzales (Ugo), Giorgio Zancanaro (Azzo), Dimitri Kavrakos (Ernesto), Tiziana Tramonti (Imelda); Orchestra e Coro...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RECORDING OF THE MONTH | July 2016: Franz Schubert — DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN,...
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828): Die schöne Müllerin, D.795 (Opus 25)—Robert Murray, tenor; Andrew West, piano [Recorded in Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, UK, 6 – 9 October 2014; Stone Records...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CD REVIEW: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL (J....
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791): Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384—Jane Archibald (Konstanze), Norman Reinhardt (Belmonte), Mischa Schelomianski (Osmin), David Portillo (Pedrillo), Rachele...
View Article