Divisive contract negotiations between management and musicians seem to impact the performance led by guest conductor Kazuki Yamada.
The Adlers’ annual concert highlights emerging opera talents, including standout Canadian soprano Olivia Smith.
Radu Paponiu takes up the baton on Nov. 24 for the first concert in an overall smartly programmed season.
The orchestra, joined by tenor Andrew Staples, gives its first performances of this rather underrated 1958 song cycle.