United Kingdom Handel, Acis and Galatea (concert performance): Soloists, Dame Janet Baker (narrator), Choir of the 21st Century, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 15.11.2011 (MB)
Month: November 2011
Hoffmann’s Sorry Tales From Frankfurt
Germany J. Offenbach, Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Frankfurter Museumsorchester, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Christian Arming (conductor), Frankfurt Opera, 10.11.2011 (JMI)
Boris Godunov Marks the Beginning of Omer Meir Wellber’s Reign in Valencia
Spain M. Musorgsky, Boris Godunov: Soloists, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Palau de Les arts de Valencia, 8.11.2011 (JMI)
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s New Production of Lucia di Lammermoor
United States Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Massimo Zanetti (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 5.11.2011 (JLZ)
Bernard Haitink Returns After 33 Years to Lead the New York Philharmonic in Strauss and Beethoven
United States R. Strauss, Beethoven: Cynthia Phelps (viola), Carter Brey (cello), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, New York City, 10.11.2011 (SSM)
Gardner and Spence Shine in ENO’s Dull Eugene Onegin
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Orchestra, Chorus and Additional Chorus of the English National Opera / Edward Gardner (conductor). Coliseum, London, 12.11.2011. (MB)
The Arensky Chamber Orchestra Serves Up Delightful Musical Cocktails
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Wagner, and Ravel: Melvyn Tan (piano), Arensky Chamber Orchestra, William Kunhardt (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 10.11.2011 (MB)
Rarely Heard Zemlinsky Is the Highlight as Xian Zhang Conducts the London Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Bartók, Nielsen, Zemlinsky. Gareth Davies (flute), London Symphony Orchestra, Xian Zhang. Barbican Hall, London, 9. 11. 2011 (CC)