A sense of architecture: Kevin John Edusei in Kansas

By Hilary Stroh, 21 January 2023

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“neat fingerwork, feathery lightness alternating with aggressive power, and all at a dazzling speed”

Reviewed at Helzberg Hall, Kansas City on 20 January 2023

Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

Barber, Violin Concerto, Op.14

Zemlinsky, Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid), symphonic fantasia after Hans Christian Andersen

Kevin John Edusei, Conductor

Maria Ioudenitch, Violin

Kansas City Symphony

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

****1

Kansas City Ballet's Don Quixote walks the wild side powerfully

Hilary Stroh, 22nd March

Kansas City Ballet's first love affair with Don Quixote is a striking and well-danced success.

*****

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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.

A sense of architecture: Kevin John Edusei conducts the Kansas City Symphony