United States Tobias Picker, Dolores Claiborne: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 18.9.2013 (HS)
Dolores Claiborne an Earnest Failure
Year: 2013
Season Opener Sports Elegant Playing (At Least)
United States Beethoven, Mahler: Hélène Grimaud (piano), Cleveland Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 19.9.2013 (MSJ)
An Impressive Recital by The Sitkovetsky Trio
United Kingdom Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schubert: The Sitkovetsky Trio (Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Wu Qian (piano), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Wigmore Hall, London, 19.9.2013 (RB)
English Music Festival Ventures Westwards
United Kingdom Bliss, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Howells: Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin), Matthew Rickard (piano), Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 20.9.2013 (RJ)
Pictorial Alpine Symphony Brought to Life by Zinman and the Tonhalle
Switzerland Mozart, R. Strauss: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Tobias Melle (photographer), David Zinman, (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich
Royal Opera Returns to the Screen with Turandot
United Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Henrik Nánási (conductor) in Andrei Serban’s 1984 production with designs by Sally Jacobs. Broadcast to The May Fair Hotel, Mayfair, London. 18.9.2013. (JPr)
Oviedo Opera Season Opens with Disappointing Das Rheingold
Wagner: Das Rheingold, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Guillermo García Calvo (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 15.09.2013 (JMI)
