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Monday, February 20, 2017

Opera Lafayette’s production of ‘Léonore, ou L’amour conjugal’ should have filled more seats by Robert Battey

The smart, efficient production brought the brief opéra comique fully to life with vivid playing and singing.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:36PM
Monday, July 16, 2012

‘The Outcasts of Poker Flat’ at the Capital Fringe Festival by Robert Battey

Andrew Earle Simpson, head of the composition department at Catholic University, has written five short operas, and the latest, “The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” is among the offerings in th…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:01AM
Sunday, April 1, 2012

Violinist Mikhail Simonyan at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theatre by Robert Battey

Russian violin virtuoso Mikhail Simonyan offered bracing readings of two big sonatas — Brahms’s D Minor and Prokofiev’s F Minor — framed by shorter works of Arvo Part and Karol Szyma…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:00PM
Friday, March 30, 2012

Eben Trio closes out festival with Czech repertoire by Robert Battey

The Kennedy Center’s extensive “Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna” festival came to a close with a solid performance Thursday by the Eben Trio in the Terrace Theater. It was the U.…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:11PM