Pathos and power: Eric Owens recital in Berkeley

Von Jeffery S. McMillan, 13 Februar 2013

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: UC Berkeley: Hertz Hall, Berkeley, am 10 Februar 2013

Wolf, 3 Michelangelo Lieder

Schumann, Myrthen: Aus den hebräischen Gesängen, Op.25 no.15

Schumann, Muttertraum, Op.40 no.2

Schumann, Romanzen und Balladen, Vol. 1, Op.45: 1. Der Schatzgräber

Schumann, Melancolie, Op.74 no.6

Schubert, Prometheus (Goethe), D.674

Schubert, Fahrt zum Hades (Mayrhofer), D.526

Schubert, Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (Schiller), D.583

Debussy, Beau soir

Debussy, Fleur des blés

Debussy, Romance

Ravel, Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

Wagner, Les deux grenadiers, WWV 60

Eric Owens, Bass

Warren Jones, Klavier

Stephanie Blythe and Warren Jones delight at Carnegie Hall

David Browning, 15th May

With a witty and adventurous program and dazzling performances of each song, Stephanie Blythe and Warren Jones did not disappoint.

*****

Leinwandfähige Porgy and Bess in Amsterdam

Michael Klier, 16th January

Eric Owens singt Porgy mit Leib und Seele und ist mit seiner charismatischen Ausstrahlung der unbestrittene Held dieser Oper.

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Die Matthäuspassion der Berliner Philharmoniker berührt die Seele

Ako Imamura, 7th October

Unter der Leitung von Sir Simon Rattle und in Zusammenarbeit mit Peter Sellars bringen die Berliner Philharmoniker ihre grandiose Fassung von Bachs Matthäuspassion nach New York.

****1

Welser-Möst begins his Ring farewell with a rousing Rheingold

George Jahn, 21st June

Sven-Erich Bechtolf's staging of Wagner's Ring returns with Franz Welser-Möst at the helm for the final time, having recently announced his retirement of the cycle from his repertoire.

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And the winner is: Terence Blanchard’s Champion comes to the Met

Robert Levine, 18th April

The compelling story of boxer Emile Griffith's struggles with guilt and sexuality are not ideally rendered in James Robinson's new production.

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Un Tristan sans Isolde à l’Opéra de Paris

Erwan Gentric, 17th January

Si la direction de Gustavo Dudamel et la mise en scène de Peter Sellars rendent justice au chef-d'œuvre wagnérien, la distribution inégale suffit à ternir le tableau.

***11

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Jeffery S. McMillan

Jeffery holds an MA in Jazz History and Research from Rutgers University and spent ten years as an archivist for the Metropolitan Opera, where he helped develop the MetOpera Database. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and writes about opera and jazz for publications including Opera News and Musical America.