Neue Kritikenmehr...
Florid Mozart – and Reinecke – from the Atlanta Symphony and Runnicles
Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp is followed by a grand, exhilarating performance of Beethoven's Fourth Symphony.
A beautiful, relevant Madama Butterfly arrives in Adelaide
The State Opera of South Australia launch a beautifully sung, dramatically performed Madama Butterfly conveying a powerfully confrontational telling of the opera.
Trying to rethink Madama Butterfly at Seattle Opera
Seattle Opera's visually poetic and refined Madama Butterfly peeks back at Puccini's own first version of the opera, which was arguably more openly critical of the devastation wrought by imperialism.
Runnicles and Smith master an all-French program
The Atlanta Symphony, under Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles, was joined by one of its own, flute soloist Christina Smith, in fine performances of late 19th-century are mid-20th-century French music.