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ViennaTonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich

Musikverein Wien
Debussy, Ravel, Mahler
Tonkünstler-Orchester; Fabien Gabel; Elsa Benoit; Sasha Cooke; Maximilian Schmitt; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien

ParisOratorio de Noël

© Gerard Collett
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Orchestre National de France; Trevor Pinnock; Lauryna Bendžiūnaitė; Sasha Cooke; Patrick Grahl; Christian Immler

LondonSir Antonio Pappano

© Stephanie Girard
Chausson, Foccroulle, Scriabin
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Antonio Pappano; Stéphane Degout; Sasha Cooke
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Sasha Cooke brings sharp intelligence to Seattle Opera’s Carmen

Sasha Cooke (Carmen) and Christian Pursell (Escamillo) © Sunny Martini
Sasha Cooke’s thoughtful role debut anchors Paul Curran’s visually and musically alert but dramatically uneven production.
****1
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Heaven is a place on earth: Verdi's Requiem in Saratoga Springs

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra © Francesco D’Amico
Returning to the first work he officially conducted as the Philadelphia Orchestra's Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin offers a powerful study in contrasts, supported by a superb quartet of opera soloists.
*****
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Evgeny Kissin and friends explore Shostakovich at Carnegie Hall

Gidon Kremer, Evgeny Kissin and Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė © Fedi Kheir
A chamber programme of Shostakovich’s private idioms and public masks
****1
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In Cleveland, Thomas Adès presents a bold, modernist vision

Sasha Cooke, Thomas Adès and The Cleveland Orchestra © Roger Mastroianni, courtesy of The Cleveland Orchestra
In a rewarding program of challenging, unfamiliar scores, Thomas Adès and The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus tackle works by Sibelius, Ives, Saariaho, and Adès himself.
*****
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Damning with faint praise: Berlioz at Bard

Sasha Cooke and Leon Botstein © Matt Dine
As part of a festival considering the composer's oeuvre, Leon Botstein leads a concert performance of La Damnation de Faust lacking in French style. 
**111
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Hindemith's “American requiem” from the Kansas City Symphony

The composer's powerful When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd anchored a thought-provoking program led by Michael Stern.
****1
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