Chailly Slick and Smooth in Bruckner 7
27/08/2018
Lucerne Festival [1] – Wagner, Bruckner: Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Lucerne, 25.8.2018. (JR)
Riccardo Chailly
Superlative Performance of Mendelssohn’s Elijah at Zurich Opera
16/07/2018
Mendelssohn, Elijah: Soloists, Chorus and part-time choruses of the Zurich Opera (chorus-master, Janko Kastelic), Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich 15.7.2018. (JR)
(l-r) Golda Schultz, Mihoko Fujimura, Benjamin Bruns, Christof Fischesser, Fabio Luisi
and Janko Kastelic (c) John Rhodes
A Fine La traviata Rounds Off a Fine Opera Season in Zurich
08/07/2018
Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich 6.7.2018. (JR)
Zurich Opera’s La traviata (c) T+T Fotografie
Carmen in Zurich: Some Fine Voices but Lacks White Heat
03/07/2018
Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Childrens’ Chorus of Zurich Opera, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Orchestra Zurich / Eun Sun Kim (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 1.7.2018. (JR)
Zurich Opera’s Carmen (c) Judith Schlosser
UPDATED! Zurich Opera in 2018/2019 and Beyond
01/07/2018
Zurich Opera have announced details of next season
Zurich Opera House
Updated 2 July: Musical Chairs at Zurich Opera – New General Music Director from 2021
Zurich Opera has announced today that its current General Music Director, Fabio Luisi, will leave by mutual agreement as from the start of 2021/2022 season, one year before his contract officially expires.
His successor will be Gianandrea Noseda. Noseda and Luisi are roughly the same age, coming up to 60 in a few years. Read more
Fischer and Blomstedt: Phenomenal Violinist and Phenomenal Conductor
30/06/2018
Mendelssohn, Mahler: Julia Fischer (violin), Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 29.6.2018. (JR)
Herbert Blomstedt (c) Martin Lengemann
Life’s a Catwalk: Bieito’s Stunning Poppea for Zurich Opera
26/06/2018
Monteverdi, L’incoronazione di Poppea: Soloists and Chorus of Zurich Opera, Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich / Ottavio Dantone (conductor), Zurich Opera 24.6.2018. (JR)
Honeck Steps in for Haitink and Schumann Gives Way to Brahms
23/06/2018
Beethoven, Brahms: Frank-Peter Zimmermann (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Manfred Honeck (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 22.6.2018. (JR)
Manfred Honeck (c) Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
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