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Die Soldaten brings down
Armory
Lincoln Center Festival celebrates July 4th at Park
Avenue Armory, reconstructed for Die Soldaten...
Classical Voice |
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July 4, 2008 |
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Notable Notes in June 2008
L.A. Children's Chorus, La Rondine, San Luis Obispo
Symphony plays music of Craig Russell...
Classical Voice |
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June 2008 |
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Notable Notes in May 2008
Paulist Scholars,
Beethoven 'Eroica', Great Opera
Choruses, Tosca...
Classical Voice |
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May 2008 |
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Notable Notes in April 2008
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, pianist Anderszewski,
violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bruckner's Sixth...
Classical Voice |
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Apr 2008 |
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Notable Notes in March 2008
De Angelis Vocal Ensemble, Handel's Radamisto,
Vienna Boys Choir, Janine Jansen, ASMF, pianist
Trpčeski...
Classical Voice |
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Mar 2008 |
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Notable Notes in February 2008
Brazilian classical guitar by Assad Bros, Czech
Philharmonic plays Martinu & Mahler...
Classical Voice |
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Feb 2008 |
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Notable Notes in January 2008
Mozart C-Minor Mass, Pergolesi "La Serva Padrona",
"Magic Flute" in OC, Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra...
Classical Voice |
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Jan 2008 |
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Notable Notes in December 2007
Holidays with Musica Angelica & LA Master
Chorale, Beethoven's Ninth in Pasadena...
Classical Voice |
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Dec 2007 |
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Notable Notes in November 2007
La Boheme in OC, Musica Angelica, LA Master
Chorale...
Classical Voice |
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Nov 2007 |
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Notable Notes in Sep/Oct 2007
Pacific Symphony opening, Kiri Te Kanawa's farewell,
Angela Hewitt plays Bach '48', Berlioz in Pasadena...
Classical Voice |
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Sep/Oct, 2007 |
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Los Angeles Opera Notes 2007-2008
Karita Mattila sings Jenufa. James Conlon conducts
Fidelio, David Hockney's Tristan...
Classical Voice |
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Sep 2007 - Apr 2008 |
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Bach on a two-keyboard Steinway
Christopher Taylor plays 'Goldberg Variations' on a rare
piano...
NY Times |
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Jul 17, 2007 |
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Angelika Kirchschlager in O.C.
Salzburg-born mezzo-soprano ends her 2006 U.S. tour in
Orange County...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Dec 19, 2006 |
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Lorin Maazel brings NY Phil to OC
giving two concerts of German and French programs...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Nov 1, 2006 |
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Pasadena Symphony's 79th season
R.Strauss, Lalo, Shostakovich make up an eclectic
season opener...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Oct 14, 2006 |
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OC marks Shostakovich's 100th
Gergiev leads Kirov Orchestra in Nos. 5 & 6. Tenor
Rolando Villazón sings Poet's Love...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Oct 15, 2006 |
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Segerstrom Hall opens in OC
featuring fireworks and all-Mozart program by Mozarteum
Orchestra...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Sept 17, 2006 |
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Notable Notes around L.A.
David Daniels at UCLA, Samson et Dalilah at Opera
Pacific...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Feb, 2005 |
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Notable Notes around L.A.
Tchaikovsky in Pasadena, Michele Crider is Aida in L.A.,
Rolando Villazon is Romeo...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Jan, 2005 |
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Notable Notes around L.A.
The Tristan Project, L.A. Phil,
Anne Sofie von Otter, Messiah, Pasadena Ambassador
Auditorium re-opens...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Dec, 2004 |
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Notable Notes around L.A.
pianists Ivo Pogorelich, Howard Shelley; femme fatales
Carmen and Vanessa...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Oct/Nov, 2004 |
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Musica Angelica flies high
on wings of virtuosity and poetry, despite loss of its
founding angel...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Oct 2, 2004 |
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New Pacific Trio debuts in L.A.
in a delightful program of Zwilich, Beethoven, and café
music...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Sep 19, 2004 |
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Il Trovatore at L.A. Opera
Dolora Zajick's Old Gypsy steals the show...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Jun 18, 2004 |
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Figaro's wedding, L.A.-style
Dynamic young cast include Erwin Schrott and Isabel
Bayrakdarian...
Review by Classical Voice |
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May 22, 2004 |
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Murray Perahia plays UCLA
in a program of Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Apr 15, 2004 |
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March reviews in So Cal
"Candide" at Opera Pacific, Chopin Piano
Concerto No. 2 in Pasadena...
Review by Classical Voice |
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March, 2004 |
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February reviews in So Cal
Hilary Hahn, Radu Lupu, John Williams, "Symphonic Theater" in
Pasadena, Hockney's "Die Frau", Robert Wilson's "Madama Butterfly"...
Review by Classical Voice |
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February, 2004 |
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New Year starts off splendidly in
Los Angeles
with Daniel Barenboim, John Eliot Gardiner, Itzhak
Perlman, L.A. Master Chorale at Disney Hall...
Review by Classical Voice |
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January, 2004 |
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Opera Pacific's Butterfly soars
masterful conducting and a strong cast in Costa Mesa...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Nov 14, 2003 |
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Brahms' titanic Piano Concerto No. 1
gets heroic treatment
in Pasadena, from Slovenian pianist Dubravka Tomsic...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Nov 8, 2003 |
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Midori opens Pacific Symphony's 25th anniversary season
with a superlative
account of the Mendelssohn E-minor concerto...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Oct 9, 2003 |
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Karita Mattila's Salome debut
rocks Paris
Famed Finnish soprano gives (and bares) all as Strauss'
enfant terrible...
Financial Times |
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Sept 24, 2003 |
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La Damnation de Faust, Los Angeles
A musical and visual stunner opens L.A. Opera's 18th
season...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Sept 10, 2003 |
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Marriage of Figaro, Music Academy
of the West
A musical bliss from beginning to end, in beautiful
Santa Barbara...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Aug 10, 2003 |
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Aida, Festival Opera of Walnut
Creek:
Troubled night on the Nile...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Jul 12, 2003 |
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June reviews around California:
The Ojai Music Festival, Frederica von Stade in
Los Angeles...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Jun, 2003 |
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May reviews around California:
Il Trovatore in Costa Mesa, Don Giovanni, Mahler's
Third in Los Angeles, La Perichole in Palo
Alto, also Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel
and Jean-Yves Thibaudet...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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May, 2003 |
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April reviews around California:
Handel's Messiah (arr. Mozart) at UCLA's Royce
Hall; Ein Heldenleben in Pasadena; Otello in San Diego...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Apr, 2003 |
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March reviews around California:
Soprano Karita Mattila sings Four Last Songs in
Los Angeles; Pianist Paavali Pumppanen plays Beethoven
in Pasadena; Flying Dutchman in Los Angeles...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Mar. 2003 |
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Pianist Arcadi Volodos
dazzles Seattle audience with 19th-Century showpieces
and transcriptions...
Seattle Times |
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Feb 13, 2003 |
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February reviews around California:
Barbiere in Los Angeles; Norma in San
Diego; Un Ballo in Palo Alto; Salome in Costa Mesa...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Feb, 2003 |
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January reviews around California:
Butterfly in San Francisco; Roberto Alagna debuts
in L.A.; Abduction in Costa Mesa...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Jan, 2003 |
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December reviews around California:
Alcina, Hansel in San Francisco; Hoffmann
in L.A.; Pianist Howard Shelly in Pasadena...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Dec, 2002 |
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Tosca, Oporto Coliseum, Portugal
Memorable production in Northern Portugal...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Nov 16, 2002 |
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Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Pasadena
World-premiere staging of Molière's play with Strauss's
incidental music...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Nov 9, 2002 |
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Otello, Seraglio at San Francisco
Patricia Racette debuts as Desdemona...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Oct 21, 2002 |
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Los Angeles Philharmonic
celebrates Oktoberfest with Carl Orff's Carmina
Burana...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Oct 5, 2002 |
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Fanciulla del West, Los Angeles
Malfitano ill, Nina Warren
steps in to save La Girl...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Sept 19, 2002 |
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Yevgeny Onegin, St. Petersburg,
Russia
Onegin misfires at the
Mariinsky...
St. Petersburg Times |
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Aug 16, 2002 |
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Don Pasquale, Festival Opera
Smashing season opener for
S.F.
East Bay's premier opera company...
Review
by Classical Voice |
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Jul 13, 2002 |
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Dimitri Hvorostovsky
sings Tchaikovsky and
Rachmaninov songs in Sintra, Portugal...
Review
by Classical Voice |
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Jul 3, 2002 |
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L'Italiana in Algeri, La Coruña,
Spain
features sets by Pier Luigi
Pizzi and splendid singing by Ewa Podles...
Review
by Classical Voice |
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Jun 1, 2002 |
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Abduction From the Seraglio, Lyric Opera of Los Angeles
Delightful production
launches LOLA's inaugural season in Pasadena...
Review
by Classical Voice |
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Jun 14, 2002 |
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Turandot, Los Angeles Opera
World premiere staging of Berio's new ending...
Review
by Classical Voice |
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Jun 4, 2002 |
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La Bohème,
West Bay Opera
Production effectively evokes 1900's Paris...
Review
by Classical Voice |
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May 31, 2002 |
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The
Magic Flute, Los Angeles Opera
Debutant Andrea Rost a radiant Princess Pamina...
Review
by Classical Voice |
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12, 2002 |
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Dead
Man Walking, Opera Pacific Opera
Pacific brings new life to Dead Man...
Review
by Classical Voice |
| Apr
18, 2002 |
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The
Magic Flute, Lisbon, Portugal
Imaginative new production at the Sao Carlos National
Theatre...
Review
by Classical Voice |
| Mar
25, 2002 |
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Eugene
Onegin, Opera Pacific
From
St. Petersburg, Russia (via Chicago) with love...
Review
by Classical Voice |
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3, 2002 |
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Don
Giovanni, Opera Pacific
Inspired
conducting by John DeMain saved the show...
Review
by Classical Voice |
| Jan
25, 2002 |
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Faust,
West Bay Opera
Vibrant
singing made for an enjoyable Sunday afternoon in Palo
Alto ...
Review
by Classical Voice |
| Oct
21, 2001 |
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Vienna
Philharmonic returns to Orange County for three
concerts
Under
Bernard Haitink, the orchestra with the zealously
guarded tradition successfully scales Bruckner's
Eighth Symphony, a musical zenith...
L.A.
Times |
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11, 12, 13, 2002 |
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Pianist
conquers Zipper Hall
Eclectic
program won raves for pianist Paul Sweetnam ...
Review
by Classical Voice |
| Dec
1, 2001 |
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Adelia,
Opera Orchestra of New York
The
superb Mariella Devia charmed her New York fans in
this rare Donizetti gem...
Review
by Classical Voice |
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11, 1999 |
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Triumphant I Puritani in Seattle
Amsellem and Gutiérrez share the role of Elvira in this
season closer. It's not over until the mad lady
sings...
Classical Voice |
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May 10-11, 2008 |
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Book review: Glenn Gould
A Romance on Three Legs - Glenn Gould's obsessive quest
for the perfect piano...
NY Times |
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Jun 15, 2008 |
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San Diego Opera 2008
Tannhäuser, Maria Stuarda, Cav/Pag, Aida, Pearl Fisher...
Classical Voice |
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2008 Season |
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San Francisco Opera Journal
Gheorghiu in Rondine, Hampson as Macbeth, Dessay as
Lucia
Classical Voice |
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2007- 2008 Season |
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Coverage of Met 2007-2008 Season
Romeo et Juliette, Le Nozze di Figaro, Aida, Macbeth,
Norma
Classical Voice |
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2007-2008 Season |
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Conlon gave smashing Mahler 6th
with Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Ravinia...
Chicago Tribune |
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Aug 3, 2007 |
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MTT back to the Bowl in 22 years
Michael Tilson Thomas leads a stirring Beethoven Nineth
at Hollywood Bowl...
L.A. Times |
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Aug 1, 2007 |
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Bach and Handel close season
for Musica Angelica, featuring virtuoso soprano and
harpsichord ...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Apr 28, 2007 |
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LA Master Chorale's All-Night
Vigil
a devotional evening with Rachmaninov's greatest
religious work...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Nov 12, 2006 |
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Recorder virtuoso Marion
Verbruggen
debuts with Musica Angelica in Los Angeles...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Oct 21, 2006 |
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A blazing Beethoven's Ninth in OC
rings down the curtain on Pacific Symphony's 2005-2006
season...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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June 8, 2006 |
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Acis and Galatea at Colburn
Musica Angelica's season finale features Elizabeth
Futral as Galatea...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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May 5, 2006 |
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Notable Notes in Southern Cal
Mahler Nineth at LA Phil, Musica Angelica in Pasadena...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Mar, 2006 |
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Notable Notes in Southern Cal
Peter Schickele in Pasadena, Tokyo String Quartet at
UCLA...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Jan, 2006 |
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Notable Notes in Southern Cal
Musica Angelica, Pasadena Symphony, Angelo Romero & more...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Oct, 2005 |
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Music from the heart
Mozart, Bizet, Copland in Pasadena, with Finnish pianist
Jumppanen...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Mar 5, 2005 |
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A spirited Messiah in Eugene
Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero leads a spirited ensemble
of chorus and soloists...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Dec 10, 2004 |
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Viennese Night at Eugene Symphony
featuring memorable Berg concerto with violinist Jorja
Fleezanis...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Oct 14, 2004 |
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Idomeneo, Ariadne open L.A. Opera
season
Domingo shows he's still the romantic hero among tenors...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Sep 15, 2004 |
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August diary of the Bowl
Turandot and Joshua Bell at Hollywood Bowl...
Reviews by Classical Voice |
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Aug 15, 2004 |
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Opera Pacific in the park
first-rate cast headed by soprano Angela Brown...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Jun 26, 2004 |
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Fidelio by the Bay
San Francisco Symphony's semi-staged version is a
resounding success...
Review by Classical Voice |
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May 29, 2004 |
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Heavenly Missa solemnis at Disney
L.A. Master Chorale and Orchestra on magnificent form,
with Olsen, Rasmussen, Johnston, Li-Paz...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Mar 28, 2004 |
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Werther, Lisbon Portugal
a daring 50's experiment at Sao Carlos, Lisbon with
Bacelli, Sabbatini...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Mar 4, 2004 |
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Pianist Vladimir Feltsman
plays Bach and Chopin at Carnegie Hall, substituting for
indisposed Volodos...
New York Times |
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Feb 3, 2004 |
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A week of vocal thrills in So Cal
Ewa Podles in La Jolla, St. Petersburg Capella at UCLA,
L.A. Master Chorale, and Anna Netrebko as Lucia...
Review by Classical Voice |
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Nov 15 - 22, 2003 |
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Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields
plays a titanic
program of Beethoven under conductor/pianist Murray
Perahia, in Orange County...
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