The Vienna Philharmonic’s Strings Soar at Carnegie Hall
28/02/2018
Mahler and Berlioz: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Carnegie Hall, 24.2.2018. (RP)
Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Carnegie Hall © Chris Lee
Boreyko and Gluzman Excel in Bernstein’s Serenade
27/02/2018
Bernstein, Shostakovich: Vadim Gluzman (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Andrey Boreyko (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 22.2.2018. (HS) Read more
Uri Caine’s Schubert on Ice! With Aerobics!
27/02/2018
Schubert: Theo Bleckmann (voice), Uri Caine (piano), Ice Theatre of New York (Jessica Renée Huot and Conor Wagar, dancers), National Sawdust, Brooklyn, 9.2.2018. (KG)
WNO’s Urgent and Thought-Provoking Don Giovanni
27/02/2018
Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / James Southall (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 22.2.2018. (GPu)
Elizabeth Watts (Donna Elvira) & David Stout (Leporello) © Robert Hubert Smith
An Unusual Approach to the ‘Hammerklavier’ Sonata by Aleksandar Madžar
27/02/2018
Beethoven: Aleksandar Madžar (piano) Wigmore Hall, London, 26.2.2018. (CC) Read more
Zeffirelli’s Met Production of La bohème Still Delights
27/02/2018
Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Marco Armiliato (Conductor). Broadcast live to the Dundonald Omniplex Cinema, Belfast, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 24.2.2018. (RB)
Sonya Yoncheva (Mimì) & Michael Fabiano (Rodolfo) (c) Ken Howard
Marvelous Acoustics and Exceptional Cast Make for a Great Staatsoper Tristan und Isolde
27/02/2018
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 25.2.2018. (JMI)
Andreas Schager (Tristan) & Anja Kampe (Isolde) © M. Rittershaus
Soprano Ying Fang Sings Mozart and Schubert at Carnegie Hall
27/02/2018
Mozart, Schubert: Ying Fang (soprano), Ken Noda (piano), Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, 23.2.2018. (RP)
Ying Fang and Ken Noda © Julien Jourdes
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