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02 May 2019

CD REVIEW: Jean Sibelius — SYMPHONY NO. 1 (Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; ATMA Classique ACD2 2452)

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JEAN SIBELIUS (1865 – 1957) : Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Opus 39 — Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal ; Yannick Nézet-Séguin , conductor [...
01 May 2019

April 2019 RECORDING OF THE MONTH: Georg Friedrich Händel — TOTAL ECLIPSE: MUSIC FOR HANDEL’S TENOR (Aaron Sheehan, tenor; Pacific MusicWorks Orchestra; Stephen Stubbs, conductor; Naxos 8.573914)

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GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685 – 1759) : Total Eclipse: Music for Handel’s Tenor — Aaron Sheehan , tenor; Pacific MusicWorks Orchestra; Step...
21 April 2019

PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Giacomo Puccini — TOSCA (A. LoBianco, S. Quinn, M. MacKenzie, S. Karabudak, D. Hartmann, J. Kato, T. Federle, R. Stenbuck, T. Keefe; North Carolina Opera, 7 April 2019)

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GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 – 1924) : Tosca — Alexandra LoBianco (Floria Tosca), Scott Quinn (Mario Cavaradossi), Malcolm MacKenzie (Il barone...
17 April 2019

PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Giuseppe Verdi — FALSTAFF (R. Zeller, C. Blackburn, V. Erickson, L. Crenshaw, I. DeSmit, T. Beliy, K. Brotherton, M. Friedrich, L. Sparks, R. Powell; UNCG Opera Theatre, 4 April 2019)

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GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 – 1901) : Falstaff — Richard Zeller (Sir John Falstaff), Christian J. Blackburn (Ford), Victoria Erickson (Alice Fo...
04 April 2019

PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Claudio Monteverdi — L’INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA (A. Crider, K. Sulayman, K. Pracht, N. Tamagna, M. Treviño, M. Harvey, M. Molomot, N. Heinen, N. Hill, N. Huff; Florentine Opera Company, 30 & 31 March 2019)

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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567 – 1643) : L’incoronazione di Poppea , SV 308 — Amanda Crider (Poppea), Karim Sulayman (Nerone), Katherine Pracht...