The Sinfonia da Camera and Lyric Theatre at Illinois presented a semi-staged performance in Foellinger Great Hall of that greatest of Viennese operettas, Johann Strauss II’s “Die Fledermaus” (“The Bat”).
Te Deum Antiqua and KC Baroque perform Kreuzige: A German Passiontide
In an early nod to the upcoming Christian Holy Week, Te Deum Antiqua and Kansas City Baroque Consortium presented Kreuzige: A German Passiontide in a virtual concert. These two period practice ensembles, choral and instrumental, combined forces to perform a selection of 17
th and early 18
th century works in a journey through the events leading to Jesus’ crucifixion, from Palm Sunday through Good Friday.
Kreuzige, in German, means crucify, and we are given an excellent program of German-language based works, beautifully performed. The concert was filmed at Village Presbyterian in Prairie Village, KS, and conducted by Te Deum founder and artistic director Matthew Christopher Shepard for a succinct 65-minute performance.