Playing a princess, soprano Nina Stemme is queen of Cleveland Orchestra's "Salome"
Playing a princess, soprano Nina Stemme is queen of Cleveland Orchestra's "Salome"Plain Dealer (blog)Now, following their initial performance Saturday night at Severance Hall, the orchestra and music director Franz Welser-Most can happily whisk the opera off to Carnegie Hall, confident in the white-knuckle thriller they have on their hands.
Cleveland Orchestra nears end of Bruckner journey with gleaming Fourth
Cleveland Orchestra nears end of Bruckner journey with gleaming FourthPlain Dealer (blog)By Zachary Lewis, The Plain Dealer Philip GlaserPianist Lang Lang met up with the Cleveland Orchestra and music director Franz Welser-Most to perform Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 2 at Severance Hall. The light is at the end of the tunnel, ...and more »
Browsing the Arts for May 18-24, 2012
Browsing the Arts for May 18-24, 2012Plain Dealer (blog)Franz Welser-Most, conductor; Nina Stemme, soprano; Rudolf Schasching, tenor; Jane Henschel, mezzo-soprano; Eric Owens, bass-baritone; and Garrett Sorenson, tenor. Sung in German with English supertitles. 8 pm Saturday. Repeats 8 pm Saturday, May 26.and more »
Cleveland Orchestra, guests brace for Strauss' 'Salome'
Cleveland Orchestra, guests brace for Strauss' 'Salome'Plain Dealer... San Francisco Opera was widely praised for its intensity and breadth, while her work in an earlier production at the Vienna State Opera, where music director Franz Welser-Most conducts, is what led to an invitation to Cleveland in the first place.and more »