December 2015 – Page 2 – Seen and Heard International

Our Reviewers’ Favorite Musical Events in 2015

14/08/202022/12/2015 by Susan Metzger

Robert Beattie There were many fine performances throughout 2015, and it has been very difficult to select a list of outstanding concerts. In drawing up my list I looked at concerts where the music making was at an exceptionally high standard throughout, and where the performers offered fresh insights into some of the great works … Read more

An Intriguing Revival of a Relatively Obscure Donizetti Opera

04/01/201621/12/2015 by José Irurzun

Spain Spain Donizetti, Il Duca d’Alba: Orchestra Oviedo Filarmonia, Chorus Ópera de Oviedo, Roberto Tolomelli (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 19.12.2015. (JMI)

The Pianist of Willesden Lane to Receive UK Première

14/08/202021/12/2015 by Claire Seymour

The UK première of The Pianist of Willesden Lane opens at the St. James’s Theatre London on 20 January 2016 and runs until 27 February.

Confusing Eugene Onegin with Responsive Orchestra under Bychkov at Covent Garden

04/01/201621/12/2015 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Extra Chorus (chorus master: Renata Balsadonna), Dancers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 19.12.2015. (MB)

*EUGENE ONEGIN*– Oksana Volkova (Olga), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Eugene Onegin)
and Nicole Car (Tatyana) (c) Bill Cooper

Vocal Music by Schütz and Christopher Fox: A Telling and Thought-Provoking Combination

04/01/201621/12/2015 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Schütz and Fox: EXAUDI [Juliet Fraser, Rebecca Lea (sopranos), Tom Williams (countertenor), Ben Alden, Jonathan Bungard (tenor), Simon Whiteley, Jimmy Holliday (bass), Stephen Farr (organ), James Weeks (conductor)]. Wigmore Hall, London, 20.12.2015. (MB)

Belcea Quartet Excel in UK Première of Larcher’s Challenging, Impressive New String Quartet

04/01/201621/12/2015 by Claire Seymour

United Kingdom Beethoven, Larcher, Brahms: Till Fellner (piano), Belcea Quartet (Corina Belcea & Axel Schacher [violins], Krzysztof Chorzelski [viola], Antoine Lederlin [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 19.12.2015. (CS)

RSNO Christmas Concert Reaches Out to All Ages

04/01/201621/12/2015 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom RSNO Christmas Concert: Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Chorus, Christopher Bell (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 20.12.2015. (SRT)

Cecilia Bartoli and Rolando Villazón Raise the Roof Eventually at the Barbican

04/01/201620/12/2015 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini – Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) and Rolando Villazón (tenor): Pier Luigi Fabretti (oboe), Orchestra La Scintilla of the Zurich Opera /Ada Pesch (concertmaster). Barbican Hall, London, 18.12.2015. (JPr)

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