Misfortune Strikes Yet Again for La forza del destino in Zurich
29/05/2018
Verdi, La forza del destino: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich 27.5.2018. (JR)
Preziosilla (J’Nai Bridges) and Chorus © Monika Rittershaus
A Janáček Rarity – Time Traveling with Mr. Brouček
28/05/2018
Janáček, The Excursions of Mr. Brouček: Soloists, National Theatre Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra / Jaroslav Kyzlink (conductor), The National Theatre, Prague, 20.5.2018. (RP)
Matěj Brouček (Jaroslav Březina) on the Moon © Patrik Borecký
Kurt Weill Comes Back to Teatro Real
28/05/2018
Weill, Street Scene: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Tim Murray (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 27.5.2018. (JMI)
Street Scene © J. del Real
Matthew Aucoin’s Moving Civil War Opera, Crossing
28/05/2018
Aucoin, Crossing (concert performance): Soloists and Ensemble of LA Opera, LA Opera Orchestra / Matthew Aucoin (conductor), Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 26.5.2018. (JRo)
Matthew Aucoin’s opera Crossing
is inspired by poet Walt Whitman’s experience working in military hospitals during the Civil War.
Sanderling Leads Dresden PO in Performances of Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich
28/05/2018
Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Sanderling (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27.5.2018. (SRT) Read more
Polish National Opera Presents Mariusz Treliński’s Powerful Madama Butterfly
23/05/2018
Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatr Wielki / Piotr Staniszewski (conductor), Polish National Opera, Moniuszko Auditorium, Teatr Wielki, Warsaw 19.5.2018. (RP)
The Polish National Opera’s Madama Butterfly © Krzysztof Bieliński
Exemplary Teamwork in Missa solemnis
21/05/2018
Beethoven: Camilla Tilling (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Toby Spence (tenor) Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London, 20.5.2018. (AS) Read more
Paul Lewis’s Haydn-Brahms Project Takes a Step Forward
21/05/2018
Beethoven, Haydn, Brahms: Paul Lewis (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 13.5.2018. (GN)
Paul Lewis © Eric Manas
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