Harteros and Rieger breeze through a “Solistenabend" of Wolf and Strauss at the Staatsoper

By Chanda VanderHart, 14 May 2014

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 14 May 2014

Works by Schubert

Works by Wolf

Works by Strauss R.

Works by Beethoven

Anja Harteros, Soprano

Wolfram Rieger, Piano

Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 15th April

Director Tobias Kratzer engineers a haunting pasticcio of Schumann, Bartók and Zemlinsky, tracing the domestic sphere’s shift from romantic surrender to the blood-soaked secrets of a century-spanning house.

****1

Thomas Hampson gives an outstanding recital in Schubert Week

Linda Holt, 20th January

Thomas Hampson and Wolfram Rieger perform a selection of Lieder by Schubert and others during Schubert Week in Berlin.

*****

A consummate storyteller: Thomas Hampson sings Schubert

Zenaida des Aubris, 21st January

A whole week dedicated to Schubert Lieder at the Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, kicks off with a recital with ambitious repertoire.

*****

Hampson and Rieger in songs of love and loss

Chanda VanderHart, 26th February

Attention to delivery, effective interpretation and intelligent programming is what make the duo such a consistently beloved force in concert.

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Luca Pisaroni: Evolution of the Lied

Jenny Camilleri, 10th October

Bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, in splendid voice and with great eloquence, traces the development of the Lied from Mozart to Schubert at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam.

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Luca Pisaroni in Amsterdam

Nicolas Nguyen, 17th December

In Amsterdam, the Italian opera singer Luca Pisaroni proves he is an outstanding interpreter of Lieder by Liszt.

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.