Precise Diction and Characterisation in Pirates of Penzance
June 15, 2013
Gilbert & Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance: Scottish Opera & D’Oyly Carte Opera Company / Derek Clark (conductor), Opera House, Manchester, England 11.6.2013 (RJW) Read more
French Evocations at the Kennedy Center
June 14, 2013
United States Ravel, Dutilleux, Vaughan-Williams: David Hardy (cello), Matthew Halls (conductor), National Symphony Orchestra, Concert Hall, Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 13.6.2013 (RRR) Read more
City Noir in the Chocolate City
June 1, 2013
United States Respighi, Ravel, Adams: Jeremy Denk (piano), John Adams (conductor), National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 30.5.2013 (RRR) Read more
Washington DC’s Norma: Good Opera, Bad Theater
March 15, 2013
United States V. Bellini, Norma: Soloists, Washington National Opera, Daniele Rustioni (conductor), WNO Orchestra, 12.3.2013 (RRR) Read more
There she blows: Moby-Dick in the Bay Area
October 27, 2012
United States J. Heggie, Moby-Dick: Soloists, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers (conductor), San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, 22.10.2012 (RRR) Read more
Eschenbach and the Sheer Beauty of Bruckner
October 13, 2012
United States Wagner, Bruckner: Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Washington, 11.10.2012 (RRR) Read more
Washington’s Don Giovanni: Eros to the End
October 4, 2012
United States W.A. Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Washington National Opera Orchestra, Philippe Auguin (conductor), Washington National Opera, Kennedy Center, Washington, 1.10.2012 (RRR) Read more
Nabucco in DC: Confused, Splendid, and Creaking
May 18, 2012
United States Giuseppe Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Washington National Opera Orchestra, Philippe Auguin (conductor), Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington DC, 15.5.2012 (RRR) Read more
Rachmaninoff and Elgar, Bridged
April 20, 2012
United States Bridge, Rachmaninoff, Elgar: Stephen Hough (piano), Andrew Litton (conductor), National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington, DC. 19.4.2012 (RRR) Read more
Intensity Over Subtlety: NSO Excels at Stabat Mater
March 23, 2012
United States Dvořák: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Steve Davislim (tenor), Burak Bilgili (bass), National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington, DC. 22.3.2012 (RRR) Read more
