by Daniela Rodríguez | Apr 26, 2024 | Reviews
In a night overflowing with emotion, the Compañía Nacional de Ópera closed with a flourish the season last Thursday, December 14, with Donizetti’s work “L’Elisir d’Amore”, at the Main Hall of the Teatro de Bellas Artes. The audience, enthusiastic, gave...
by Daniela Rodríguez | Jun 2, 2023 | Reviews
Thrilling orchestra under Fagen. It’s not just Wagner’s own libretto and the look of the stage that are so stunning. It’s the music, the large cast of acting singers, and the marvelous orchestra that will just bowl you over. Last, but hardly least,...
by Daniela Rodríguez | Jan 22, 2022 | Reviews
Under the baton of renowned conductor Arthur Fagen, whose respect for Beethoven’s score was apparent in every bar of his reading of it, the musicians of the North Carolina Opera Orchestra played with precision of pitch, rhythm, and ensemble that would...
by Daniela Rodríguez | Aug 10, 2021 | Reviews
Programma totalmente d’impronta anglo-americana e di raffinata impostazione. Si è cominciato con Appalachi. Variazioni su un antico canto di schiavi di Frederick Delius. Fagen ha diretto questo brano senza nessuna protagonistica invadenza ma quasi mettendosi...
by juanalvaro | Jul 1, 2020 | Reviews
[…] Negro Symphony [Dawson’s] is a brilliantly orchestrated work that repays repeated listenings. This is its third recording after Stokowski and Neeme Järvi in Detroit. […] This newcomer is the most balanced of the three and a safe recommendation. These are excellent...
by juanalvaro | Apr 20, 2020 | Reviews
Four stars: A well-performed collection of fine music Arthur Fagen and the Vienna Radio Orchestra have the measure of these works; the conductor manages to convey the American and Latin dance idioms to the Austrian musicians, and they sound totally at home in the...
