A Near Perfect Flying Dutchman
21/03/2018
Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Markus Poschner (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 18.3.2018. (JR)
New Heinz Holliger Opera Not For The Faint-Hearted
06/03/2018
Heinz Holliger, Lunea: Soloists, Basler Madrigalisten, Philharmonia Zurich / Heinz Holliger (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 4.3.2018. (JR)
Distinct Lack of Magic in Zurich’s Latest Parsifal Revival
05/03/2018
Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Simone Young (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich 3.3.2018. (JR)
Stefan Vinke (Parsifal) & Nina Stemme (Kundry) (c) Danielle Liniger
Robert Trevino steps in for Donald Runnicles to Deliver Majestic Mahler
10/02/2018
Shostakovich, Mahler: Gilad Karni (viola), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Robert Trevino (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 8.2.2018. (JR)
Robert Trevino (c) Lisa Hancock
Modern Production of Idomeneo in Zurich More Accessible Than Most
05/02/2018
Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich / Giovanni Antonini (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 4.2.2018. (JR)
Orozco-Estrada’s Stirring Debut with the Tonhalle
04/02/2018
Janáček, Prokofiev, Dvořák: Hilary Hahn (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Andrés Orozco-Estrada (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 3.2.2018. (JR) Read more
Bychkov Breath-taking in Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony
29/01/2018
Strauss, Tchaikovsky: Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 25.1.2018. (JR)
Semyon Bychkov (c) Tonhalle Orchestra
Meticulous and Refined Mahler Chamber Orchestra with an Uplifting ‘Rhenish’ Symphony
25/01/2018
Schumann, Beethoven: Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor) Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne (KKL), 23.1.2018. (JR)
Daniele Gatti (c) Silvia Lelli
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