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
Estonian Festival Orchestra – Noble Project and Fine Sound
22/01/2018
Pärt, Sibelius, Shostakovich: Viktoria Mullova (violin), Estonian Festival Orchestra / Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 20.1.2018 (JR) Read more
Gardiner’s Verdi Requiem – Tasteful But Hardly Electrifying
21/01/2018
Verdi: Monteverdi Choir, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Corinne Winters (soprano), Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano), Michael Spyres (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (Bass), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich. 19.1.2018. (JR) Read more
Gripping Revival of Kosky’s Gritty La fanciulla del West
15/01/2018
Puccini, La fanciulla del West: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 12.1.2018. (JR)
Catherine Naglestad (Minnie) & Scott Hendricks (Jack Rance) © Monika Rittershaus
Maria João Pires Bows Out Gracefully
22/12/2017
Mozart, Bruckner: Maria João Pires (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Bernard Haitink (conductor), Tonhalle Maag Zurich, 21.12.2017. (JR)
Maria João Pires (c) Deutsche Grammophon
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