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Month: June 2011

A Swan Swims Down the Danube – Lohengrin in Budapest

03/07/201113/06/2011 by Stan

‘Wagner in Budapest ‘ Opera Festival 2011 (1) Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Honved Male Choir, Budapest Studio Choir, MR Choir, orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera. Conductor: Ádám Fischer. Béla Bartók Concert Hall, Palace of Arts, Budapest, 9.6.2011. (JPr)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Budapest, Jim Pritchard

Garsington 2011 goes East – Il Turco in Italia at the Wormsley Estate

14/02/201713/06/2011 by Stan

Rossini, Il Turco in Italia: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra and Chorus/ David Parry (conductor),  Garsington at the Wormsely Estate.6.6.2011 (TGI)

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Categories Previously Published Tags Garsington

Thought-provoking viola and piano music at St. John’s

03/07/201112/06/2011 by Stan

Brahms, Joachim, Schumann, Fribbins and Shostakovich: Eniko Magyar (viola), Diana Brekalo (piano). St John’s Smith Square, London, 10.6. 2011 (CG)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Christopher Gunning, London

Valencia’s Fidelio Five Years Later: More Mature, More Memorable

03/07/201111/06/2011 by Stan

L. van Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana. Zubin Mehta (conductor). Queen Sofía Palace of the Arts, Valencia. 05.06.2011 (JMI)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Valencia

Russian Song from Daniil Shtoda and Larissa Gergieva at the Wigmore Hall

03/07/201111/06/2011 by Stan

Rimsky-Korsakov, Cui, Rachmaninov, and Tchaikovsky: Daniil Shtoda (tenor), Larissa Gergieva (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 10.6.2011 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

Brahms sung by a counter-tenor? Andreas Scholl in a fascinating recital

03/07/201111/06/2011 by Stan

Purcell, Dowland, Handel, Johnson, Campion, Haydn, Brahms, and Anon: Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor), Tamar Halperin (harpsichord, piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 7.6.2011 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

Simon Boccanegra at English National Opera

03/07/201110/06/2011 by Stan

Verdi, Simon Boccanegra : (Sung in English) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera/Edward Gardner. London Coliseum, 8.6.2011 (CC)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Colin Clarke, London

Weber/Berlioz, Beethoven and Stravinsky from the RPO

03/07/201109/06/2011 by Stan

Weber/Berlioz, Beethoven, Stravinsky : Nikolai Lugansky (Piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (Conductor), Royal Festival Hall 8.6.2011 (RBB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Robert Beattie
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