Deborah Voigt thrills her Oberlin audience despite a throat infection

By Timothy Robson, 12 March 2013

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Reviewed at Oberlin College: Finney Chapel, Oberlin on 10 March 2013

Works by Beach

Works by Respighi

Wagner, Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle

Wagner, Die Walkure: Du bist der Lenz

Works by Strauss R.

Works by Moore

Works by Bernstein

Deborah Voigt, Soprano

Brian Zeger, Piano

Playing Salome for laughs in Dallas

Bachtrack reviewer, 8th November

The Dallas Opera adds a light touch to a Richard Strauss' decidedly unfunny opera Salome, featuring soprano Deborah Voigt in the title role.

***11

A Tale of Two Wozzecks: Goerne and Levine at the Met

David Allen, 6th March

Matthias Goerne steps in for Thomas Hampson and electrifies James Levine's Wozzeck at the Metropolitan Opera.

****1

The Met in HD: Hymel is the hero in Berlioz's epic Les Troyens

Katy S. Austin, 5th January

It’s very difficult to write about Berlioz’s Les Troyens without mentioning its length. Tonight’s cinema screening of Fransesca Zambello’s lush production was billed at 341 minutes – that’s 5.6 hours. But beamed live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, those 5.6 hours entailed spectacular operatic entertainment.

***11

Thomas Adès' The Tempest live in HD from the Met

Paul Kilbey, 10th November

It’s pretty luxurious to be able to stumble out of your front door at ten to six, wander five minutes round the corner to your friendly local cinema, be greeted with a glass of sparkling wine, and then watch a high-definition live screening of a top contemporary opera production at the Met.

*****

The Met in HD: Götterdämmerung, 2012

Gavin Dixon, 11th February

Read our review of Robert Lepage's production of Wagner's Götterdämmerung in its 2012 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

The Met in HD, Siegfried, 2011

David Larkin, 5th November

Read our review of Robert Lepage's production of Wagner's Siegfried in its 2011 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

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Timothy Robson

We are saddened to learn of the death of Tim Robson, a long-time Bachtrack contributor (2012-21). Tim was an organist in Cleveland, Ohio and his repertoire extended to all musical periods, with a special interest in contemporary music. As a blogger he was a regular contributor to ClevelandClassical.com. In his parallel career as a librarian, Tim was Associate Director for Academic Engagement at the Kelvin Smith Library of Case Western Reserve University. Our condolences to his family.