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REVIEW: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's ‘Paradise and the Peri’ is spellbinding rarity

It was a bold choice for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to program Schumann’s long-neglected oratorio “Das Paradies und die Peri” (“Paradise and the Peri”). Although a success when Schumann conducted its premiere in 1843, the work fell out of favor, only to be resurrected in recent years by champions such as Simon Rattle. On Friday, the Cincinnati Symphony presented the oratorio’s first performance in Music Hall since it was led at the May Festival by Theodore Thomas in 1898.

 

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