Love Conquers All at the Chicago Opera Theater

Von Kristina Powers, 24 April 2012

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Harris Theater, Millennium Park, Chicago, am 21 April 2012

Händel, Teseo

Chicago Opera Theater

Michael Beattie, Musikalische Leitung

James Darrah Black, Regie

Renée Tatum, Medea

Cecelia Hall, Teseo

Manuela Bisceglie, Agilea

Deanna Breiwick, Clizia

Gerald Thompson, Egeo

David Trudgen, Arcane

Baroque Band

Gothic psychodrama: Chicago Opera Theater La hija de Rappaccini

David Karlin, 26th April

Daniel Catán's operatic adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale of evil scientist and poisoned plants is compellingly set in Chicago's Field Museum.

***11

Chicago Opera Theater's bold study of contrasts

Katherine Syer, 16th November

An unusual double bill of operas by Joby Talbot and Sergei Rachmaninov under conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya in Chicago.

****1

Nuit sans aube, opéra sans cœur de Pintscher à l’Opéra-Comique

Chloë Rouge, 11th March

Inspiré d'un conte fantastique de Wilhelm Hauff, l'opéra présenté pour la première fois en français laisse l'auditeur sur sa faim, en raison d'une écriture musicale lassante et d'une dramaturgie insaisissable.

**111

Pintscher’s Das kalte Herz premieres at Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Elena Luporini, 14th January

On a snowy January evening, the premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s new opera Das kalte Herz fails to warm up the Berlin public.

**111

Così fantastic: Mozart at Tanglewood

Kevin Wells, 15th July

A memorable night at the opera as Andris Nelsons conducts Così fan tutte at the Tanglewood Festival.

*****

Opera Philadelphia's La Voix humaine is a portrait of a lady on fire

Cameron Kelsall, 23rd September

Stripped of melodramatic excess, soprano Patricia Racette and director James Darrah craft a portrait of a desperate, lonely woman that is uncomfortably, thrillingly human.

****1

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Kristina Powers

Kristina is a Liberal Arts major at Lewis University in Illinois and an experienced musician with a passion for historically informed performance practice. A violinist since the age of six, she plays several instruments, sings soprano, is continuing her musical education and performs at local venues.