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

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.

*****

Kansas City Ballet’s ALICE: a riot of creative dysfunction

Hilary Stroh, 11th October

Webre’s screwball ALICE (in Wonderland) for the Kansas City Ballet is colorful and packed with excellent performances.

*****

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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