Hallelujah Heaven at the Harris Theater

Von Kristina Powers, 22 Dezember 2011

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Harris Theater, Millennium Park, Chicago, am 20 Dezember 2011

Händel, Messias

Mark S Doss, Bariton

Jill Grove, Mezzosopran

John Tessier, Tenor

Stanley Sperber, Musikalische Leitung

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Michael Klier, 16th January

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

***11

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Kevin Wells, 10th March

Conducting a reduced version of his own opera, Matthew Aucoin's Eurydice still packs a big punch.

***11

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David Truslove, 24th November

Leading an international cast in a still-sumptuous revival in Southampton's Mayflower, Stacey Alleaume gives a sovereign performance as the ill-fated courtesan Violetta.

****1

Warlikowski’s prison: From the House of the Dead in Rome

Alissa Balocco, 23rd May

The Polish director comes to Italy for the first time to direct Janáček's last opera, with the young Belarusian Dmitry Matvienko conducting.

***11

Full fathom five: Peter Grimes at La Fenice

Elena Luporini, 24th June

Finally reaching the stage of the Venetian theatre, Benjamin Britten's first major opera meets with success thanks to Juraj Valčuha's conducting, Paul Curran's staging and an excellent cast.

*****

Opera Philadelphia returns to Broad Street in an awkward homecoming

Cameron Kelsall, 21st January

Unstaged performances of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and George Walker's Lilacs highlighted musical inadequacies and deprived audiences of the creative productions they've come to expect from this company.

**111

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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.