Archive for July 2012
Vail Valley Music Festival New York Philharmonic Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater Alan Gilbert, conductor
Vail Valley Music Festival New York Philharmonic Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater Alan Gilbert, conductor
Verbier Festival Salle des Combins Paul McCreesh, conductor
“This must be the first Bach Passion I’ve encountered, live or on records, in which the best vocalism is offered by the lower male voices…Hopkins, a familiar presence from NYCO, Santa Fe and elsewhere, sounds just plain terrific – forthrightly noble, clear-toned and sonorous.” Opera News, David Shengold, July 2012.
Jayce Ogren conducts Joshua and the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias in the first of Peter Lieberson’s haunting “Canciones de amor y tristez para barítono y orquesta.” May 2012.