Louis Langrée and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra concluded their “Pelléas Trilogy” over the weekend in Music Hall.
My review of the CSO’s performance of Debussy’s opera “Pelléas et Mélisande” can be found today on musicalamerica.com. (Click here to read it.)
The orchestra’s “Friday Orange” event included some creepy visitors in the lobby, wrapping and unwrapping themselves.
The opera, presented in a semi-staged concert version, provided another chance to hear the new acoustics in Music Hall. For this concert, I sat in two different locations, as you’ll see in the review.
It was the first time the orchestra has performed with voice in the hall since the $143 million renovation was completed.
For this performance, the orchestra was positioned in a different configuration from those on Opening Night and last week at the Pops.
Next weekend, I plan to go to Cincinnati Ballet’s “Romeo and Juliet,” which will have the CSO in the pit for the first time. And on Nov. 4, the May Festival Chorus will join for yet another set-up.
What are your impressions so far? Let us know!
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I am disappointed that I have to signup for MusicAmerica to read your reviews. Is this the case or am I not doing something right? Take care, John Bossert
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John, thanks for your note. Musical America did indeed make that review available only to subscribers. Next week I will review the CSO and May Festival directly on the blog. I am sorry for the inconvenience.
From time to time, national publications are asking me to write for them.
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