Austria Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer, Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Graeme Jenkins (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 12.9.2014 (JMI)
Bryn Terfel as an Ideal Holländer
Month: September 2014
Rusalka: Opera as a Sublime Art
Austria Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wiener Staatsoper Tomáš Netopil (conductor). Vienna Staatsoper, 13.9.2014. (JMI)
London Celebrates Gluck’s Tercentenary – Though Not in an Opera House
United Kingdom Gluck, Il Parnoso confuso, and Ferdinando Bertoni, Orfeo: Soloists, CHROMA, Thomas Blunt (conductor). St John’s Smith Square, London, 16.9.2014 (MB)
Lohengrin Succeeds in a Bavarian Village Setting
Switzerland Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Simone Young (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 21.9.2014. (JR)
PROM 73: Extraordinary Mahler Performance from Gilbert and Gewandhaus Orchestra
United Kingdom BBC Prom 73 – Mahler: Gerhild Romberger (mezzo-soprano), Leipzig Opera and Gewandhaus Choir (women’s voices), Leipzig Gewandhaus Children’s Choir, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.9.2014. (JPr)
Bach and Reger: They Might Be Giants
United States Reger, Bach, Paul Jacobs (organist), Paul Hall, Juilliard School, Lincoln Center, New York, 8.9.2014 (SSM)
Photo Credit Christina Wilton
Very Auspicious Start to New Era at the Tonhalle
Switzerland Salonen, Prokofiev and Berlioz Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Yuja Wang (piano), Lionel Bringuier, (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich 11.9.14 (JR)
Bull Horn, Radio, Typewriter, Sandwich—Yes, It’s John Cage’s Birthday
United States John Cage, Song Books: Soloists, Wild Project, New York City. 5.9.2014 (BH)
