The world and US premieres of Peter Eötvös’s 10th opera, “Senza Sangue”
(“Without Blood”) in concert performances at the Kölner Philharmonie and Avery Fisher Hall, respectively, with Anne-Sophie von Otter, the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert

“Mr. Braun achingly conveyed the haunted man’s panic and defensiveness.”
-New York Times, 11 May 2015

“The baritone Russell Braun portrayed the character of Tito more convincingly, with an ardent, full-bodied tone that never drew attention to the music’s technical complexities. He seemed to have assimilated the character’s desperate rage and scarred tenderness.”
-Musical America, 8 May 2015