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

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From the earthy joy of Meistersinger to the sublime textures of Debussy, Daniele Gatti channels the Dresdeners' legendary, layered warmth into an unforgettable evening of pure acoustic luxury.

****1

Ambition meets the Philharmonie: Peltokoski and Kantorow in Paris

Laurence Vittes, 2nd June

Two prodigies, with a surplus of imagination and more interest in the moment than in creating long arcs of music, join the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in Paris.

****1

Jurowski marks Hans Werner Henze’s centenary at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 31st May

Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin deliver a lean, razor-sharp exploration of captivity and survival, balancing Beethoven’s and Brahms’ structural clarity against the devastating, high-fidelity distortion of Henze’s Ninth Symphony.

****1

Kissin, Bell and Isserlis: remembrance and loss at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 31st May

Solomon Rosowsky, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky form a matinee programme whose deeper connections gradually came into focus.

****1

Mischievous Pan at Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s French May

Christopher Halls, 30th May

French clarinettist Raphaël Sévère unearths beauty in Nielsen’s concerto and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta impress in two settings of Pan’s antics at the French May Festival.

****1

Alsop conducts a substitute Marsalis symphony at Carnegie Hall

David Wolfson, 29th May

The premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony no. 5 is postponed, substituted by selections from his Jungle Symphony, along with a disappointing Beethoven’s Seventh at Carnegie Hall.

***11

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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.