A Mother’s Words Lift Dear Erich from the Maudlin and Mundane
14/01/2019
Rosenthal, Dear Erich: Soloists, New York City Opera Orchestra / Adam Glaser (conductor), National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, New York, 12.1.2019. (RP)

Jessica Tyler Wright (Herta) & Brian James Myer (Young Erich)
in Ted Rosenthal’s Dear Erich © Sarah Shatz
Stefan Herheim’s Staging of The Queen of Spades Comes to Covent Garden
14/01/2019
Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades: Soloists, Members of the Tiffin Children’s Chorus and Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus director: William Spaulding) and Extra Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 13.1.2019. (MB)

Vladimir Stoyanov as Yeletsky and cast in The Queen of Spades
(c) Catherine Ashmore
Welcome Brahms Rarities Benefit from the Nash Ensemble’s Fine Advocacy
14/01/2019
Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms: Nash Ensemble / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Wigmore Hall, London, 12.1.2019. (CS)

Caspar David Friedrich: Moonrise over the Sea (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin)
Julia Fischer and Juanjo Mena Excel in Less Popular Fare
11/01/2019
Britten, Bruckner: Julia Fischer (violin), Tonhalle Orchester Zurich / Juanjo Mena (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich 10.1.2019. (JR)

Julia Fischer (c) Uwe Arens
A True Collaboration Between Tasmin Little and Piers Lane
11/01/2019
Schubert & Brahms: Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 9.1.2019. (CS)

Tasmin Little
Photo: B. Ealovega
Cecilia Bartoli Celebrates 30 Years on Zurich Opera Stage with Spectacular Semele
09/01/2019
Handel, Semele: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Orchestra La Scintilla / William Christie (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 8.1.2019. (JR)

Cecilia Bartoli performing Semele in 2007 © Suzanne Schwiertz
Baroque at its Boldest from Elicia Silverstein
06/01/2019
Baroque at the Edge [II]: Elicia Silverstein (violin), St James Clerkenwell, London, 5.1.2019. (CS)

Elicia Silverstein (c) Axel Bernstorff
BSO’s Glittering Johann Strauss Gala Brightens New Year’s Day
02/01/2019
Johann Strauss I & II, Josef Strauss, Lehár, Nicolai, Heuberger: Fflur Wyn (soprano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Rösner (conductor), The Lighthouse, Poole 1.1.2019. (IL)

Thomas Rösner in rehearsal with the BSO
for their New Year Johann Strauss Gala concerts