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Month: June 2011

Longborough Festival Opera’s Così with a modern slant

03/07/201121/06/2011 by Stan

Mozart,  Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera/Gianluca Marcianò (conductor), Longborough, 16.6.2011 (RJ)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Longborough, Roger Jones

Dame Gillian Weir puts Cirencester’s new organ through its paces

03/07/201120/06/2011 by Stan

Peeters, Liszt, CPE Bach, Dupré, Franck, Buxtehude, Ives, Bovet, Mushel : Dame Gillian Weir, Church of St John the Baptist, Cirencester, 18.6.2011 (RJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cirencester, Roger Jones

Conductor and Orchestra save the day in Palais Garnier’s Così fan tutte

03/07/201120/06/2011 by Stan

Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris/ Philippe Jordan (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 16.6.2011 (MB)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Mark Berry, Paris

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2011 – The Main Prize Final Review

11/08/201120/06/2011 by Stan

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2011 :  And the Winner is…………….. (BK)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Bill Kenny, Cardiff

Semi-staged Barbican Idomeneo lives up to expectations

03/07/201120/06/2011 by Stan

Mozart, Idomeneo, re di Creta, K 366: (Semi-Staged Performance)   Balthasar Neumann Ensemble and Choir/Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor) Barbican Hall, London,  11.6.2011 (GD)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Geoff Diggines, London

Birmingham celebrates Symphony Hall’s coming of age in style

07/04/201420/06/2011 by Stan

Birmingham celebrates Symphony Hall’s coming of age in style (JQ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Birmingham, John Quinn

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra unveils 2011/12 season

14/02/201719/06/2011 by Stan

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra unveils 2011/12 season

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Birmingham, John Quinn

Kovacevich Plays a Mesmerizing Beethoven 4th piano concerto in Istanbul

03/07/201118/06/2011 by Stan
Beethoven, Usmanbas, Corigliano, Liszt, Liszt/Adams: Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Akbank Chamber Orchestra, Cem Mansur (conductor), Hagia Eirene Museum, Istanbul, 16. 6.2011 (AM)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Istanbul
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