SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, BROADCASTS, AND THEATRE
United Kingdom PROM 9: Stenhammar, Szymanowski, and Strauss: Michael Weinius (tenor), BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 18.7.2013 (MB)
Sweden Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Soloists, Läckö Chamber Orchestra, Simon Phipps (conductor), Läckö Slottsopera, Läckö Castle, 13.07.2013 (NS)
United Kingdom Puccini, La rondine (Nicolas Joël’s production revived by Stephen Barlow): Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 17.7.2013. (JPr)
United Kingdom Weber, Stravinsky and Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Seasons of the XXI Century – Le Spectre de la Rose, The Firebird, and Schéhérazade – with recorded music by : Guest soloists and dancers of the Kremlin Ballet Company, London Coliseum, London, 16.7.2013. (JPr)
United States Mozart: Julio Elizalde (piano), Charles Weatherbee and Korine Fujiwara (violins), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Jennifer Culp (cello), Teddy Abrams (piano, clarinet), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 13.7.2013 (BJ)
Argentina Argentine Opera Director Roberto Oswald Dies (JSJ)
United Kingdom The Richard Tauber Prize: Recital Jung Soo Yun (tenor); Joseph Middleton (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 15.7.2013 (CC)
United States Classical Guitar in the Americas: Zaira Meneses (guitar), Carlos Barbosa-Lima (guitar), Francisco Roldan (guitar), Carlo Valte (oud), Rex Benincasa (percussion). Americas Society, New York City. 9.7.2013 (KC)