Opera Singers Initiative and Opera Cowgirls "do something different" at (Le) Poisson Rouge

By Lydia Brown, 25 July 2013

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Reviewed at (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York City on 23 July 2013

Programme to include:

Fauré, Au bord de l'eau, Op.8 no.1

Fauré, Ici-bas! Op.8 no.3

Hahn, Vingt Mélodies: Si mes vers

Poulenc, La Courte Paille, FP 178: Ba, be, bi, bo, bu

Fauré, Les Berceaux, Op.23 no.1

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492: excerpts

Works by Sondheim

Works by Siebenhaar

Works by LaChiusa

Radiohead, High and Dry

Cohen, Hallelujah

Works by Presley

Eric Sedgwick, Piano

Margaret Meyer, Soprano

Elizabeth Fagan, Soprano

Andrea Chinedu Nwoke, Soprano

Alexandra Smith, Soprano

Opera Cowgirls

Energetic Currentzis and Utopia at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 12th May

From Berg’s crystalline intimacy to Dionysian Mahler, Teodor Currentzis and Utopia defy orchestral tradition with standing musicians, spatial acoustics and an emotional intensity that breathes new life into the concert life.

****1

Korngold and Mahler from Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

Roy Westbrook, 12th May

Few violin concertos soar from the first bar as Erich Korngold’s does, especially as in Ray Chen's high-wire account at the Royal Albert Hall.

****1

Petr Popelka delivers a thrilling opening for Prague Spring

Frank Kuznik, 12th May

With Petr Popelka on the podium, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra brings a native feel and colorful exuberance to a cultural icon.

****1

Clara Yang’s immersive piano recital gets lost in the clouds

Kurt Gottschalk, 11th May

Prerecorded acoustic guitar, soft beats and more piano accompany video of jittery yellow circles and masses of illegible text in a concert that feels both meditative and too much to take in

**111

Era-defining string sound in the Liverpool Phil’s Mahler 9

Rohan Shotton, 10th May

Domingo Hindoyan nears his five-year anniversary at the RLPO with Mahler's Ninth Symphony.

****1

Redemption and musical caffeine: Nelsons conducts Mahler 8 in Vienna

Mark Pullinger, 10th May

Sunday morning Mahler at the Wiener Konzerthaus sees Andris Nelsons concluding his symphony cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic in shattering fashion.

****1

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Lydia Brown

Lydia Brown is presently pursuing her B.A. at New York University, where she studies journalism and ethnomusicology. Though she trained for many years as a classical violinist, Lydia's interests include cross-cultural musical hybridity and the effects of miscegenation on the musical output of early Irish-Americans.