Posts in Reviews
Carmen

Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago, IL

“If you were lucky enough to be in the audience at the Harris Theater for this, you won’t forget it…”

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ReviewsBeth Stewart
Shostakovich & Copland

Rhode Island Philharmonic

Providence, RI

“Was it the guest conductor's palpable energy? Was it the audience's obvious excitement about taking in a rare in-person performance? Whatever it was, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra's chamber ensemble sure had a spring in its step…”

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ReviewsBeth Stewart
Taking Up Serpents

Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago, IL

“This immaculate performance was done in a single unbroken take with multiple cameras. Music director Lidiya Yankovskaya conducted with characteristic skill—sure pacing and keen dramatic focus…”

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ReviewsBeth Stewart
Rimsky Rebooted

Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago, IL

“A testament to the company’s refusal to surrender to today’s difficult circumstances. Russian music dominated the program…Yankovskaya produced dark tones and unyielding martial rhythms at the piano.”

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ReviewsBeth Stewart
The Transformation of Jane Doe

Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago, IL

“Yankovskaya drew a wide range of color from a chamber ensemble and kept the music pressing ever forward, surely the best way to present an opera when the score alone must carry the story…”

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ReviewsBeth Stewart
Voices of Refuge

Chicago Opera Theater +
Refugee Orchestra Project

Chicago, IL

“Yankovskaya gathered a solid roster of instrumentalists — together they made up a taut ensemble and performed a wide variety of music with flair and intensity. The works together created an intriguing and worthwhile hour of music for listeners...”

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ReviewsBeth Stewart
Freedom Ride

Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago, IL

“The musicians of the Chicago Sinfonietta are led Lidiya Yankovskaya – Chicago Opera Theater’s ever-adventurous and impassioned music director, who helped nurture this project. Together they captured to perfection every musical style in this formidable new addition to the operatic repertoire.”

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ReviewsBeth Stewart
Everest / Aleko

Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago, IL

“Yankovkaya continues to impress with every performance…She balanced the large orchestra, cast, chorus and wind effects with great clarity and dramatic point, keeping this complex and challenging score on track with clear direction and firm momentum.”

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ReviewsBeth Stewart
Shining Brow

Arizona Opera

Phoenix, AZ

“Yankovskaya accentuated shattering brass and quivering strings that foreshadowed what was going on behind the curtain. She led the orchestra with energy and technical precision…”

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ReviewsBeth Stewart
Ellen West

Opera Saratoga

Saratoga Springs, NY

“The musicians, who could be seen through the window in the set, were superb; Lidiya Yankovskaya was the excellent conductor.”

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ReviewsBeth Stewart
Moby-Dick

Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago, IL

“Moby-Dick gave Lidiya Yankovskaya a juicy opportunity to really strut her stuff for Chicago’s audience, and she delivered an electrifying reading.”

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ReviewsBeth Stewart
Iolanta

Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago, IL

“A flexible and richly idiomatic account of this score…balancing deftly to bring out Tchaikovsky’s woodwind accents, and building lyric climaxes to resplendent payoffs…”

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ReviewsBeth Stewart
REV.23

White Snake Projects

Boston, MA

“Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya was in full, hyperkinetic command of the biting rhythms and quick changes of Wachner’s rambunctious score…”

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ReviewsBeth Stewart