Spain G. Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Daniele Callegari (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 26 & 27.07.2013 (JMI).
Month: July 2013
From the Salzburg Festival I (Great Shostakovich & Propaganda)
Austria Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky: Dietrich Paredes (conductor), El Sistema Youth Orchestra of Caracas, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 28.7.20132 (JFL)
PROM 20: Barenboim’s Ring Reaches its Climactic Conclusion
United Kingdom Prom 20, Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 28.7.2013. (JPr)
Unity and Consistency in Schiff’s Vision of Schubert
United Kingdom Schubert: András Schiff (piano), Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 28.7.2013 (CR)
PROM 19: Fine Singing and Orchestral Playing in Wagner’s Tristan
United Kingdom Prom 19.Wagner,Tristan and Isolde: Soloists, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.7.13 (RB)
Mannheim’s Sensational Idiot
Germany M. Weinberg, The Idiot: Soloists, Mannheim National Theater Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling (conductor), Bavarian State Orchestra, 17.7.2013 (JFL)
Damrau, Harp Away: A Liederabend Disappointment
Germany Strauss, Canteloube, Dvořák: Xavier de Maistre (harp), Diana Damrau (soprano), National Theater, Munich, 22.7.2013 (JFL)
Vladimir Ashkenazy at the Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Elgar, Sibelius, Rachmaninov: Helena Juntunen (soprano), Paul Nilon (tenor), Nathan Berg (baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor), Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester Cathedral, 27.7.2013 (JQ)