Birth of Cool: Ray Ushikubo revels in Gershwin in Kansas City

Von Hilary Stroh, 02 April 2023

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“tonight’s timpanists threw down their gauntlets energetically... with committed ferocity”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, am 31 März 2023

Coleridge-Taylor, Hiawatha Ballet Music, Op.82

Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue

Nielsen, Symphonie Nr. 4, "Das Unauslöschliche", Op.29

Thomas Wilkins, Musikalische Leitung

Ray Ushikubo, Klavier

Kansas City Symphony

Kansas City Symphony mit Pintscher und Überraschungsgast in Amsterdam

Michael Klier, 26th August

Was für ein furioser Einstieg: Matthias Pintscher, der frischgebackene Chefdirigent des Kansas City Symphony entführt sein Orchester direkt am Anfang seiner ersten Spielzeit über den großen Teich zu einer Europatournee.

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Deep into the American psyche: Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men

Hilary Stroh, 1st May

Carlisle Floyd's operatic setting of John Steinbeck’s classic novella is given a new production in the composer's centenary year at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

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Porgy and Bess: Catfish Row arrives in Kansas City

Hilary Stroh, 28th February

Francesca Zambello's magnificent production of the Gershwins’ American epic comes to the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

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Kansas City Ballet in Swan Lake: good girl vs bad girl

Hilary Stroh, 17th October

Swan Lake opens the season for Kansas City Ballet in a splendid looking production and with very pleasing interpretations.

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Rockabilly meets Rossini: Cinderella at Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Hilary Stroh, 3rd October

Michael Shell's sparkling new production of La Cenerentola, built locally, opens the season at the Lyric Opera Kansas City.

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A big and bold Turandot in Kansas City

Hilary Stroh, 2nd May

Lyric Opera of Kansas City ends its season with Garnett Bruce's blockbuster production of Puccini's Turandot.

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Hilary Stroh

Hilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books.