United Kingdom Purcell, Britten, Thomas Adès, Nico Muhly, Barber: Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Allan Clayton (tenor), James Baillieu (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 4.12.2015. (RB)
Month: December 2015
A Pared Down Guys & Dolls Brings Runyon’s 1930’s New York to Life
United States Loesser, Guys & Dolls: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival Company, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 4.12.2015-20.12.2015. (JRo)
Jonathan Luke Stevens (center) and cast (c) Kevin Parry
Michieletto Returns to Covent Garden with an Interesting and Clever Cav & Pag
United Kingdom Mascagni & Leoncavallo, Cav & Pag: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 3.12.2015. (CC)
Straussian performance of Hänsel und Gretel from Thielemann and Vienna Opera.
Austria Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel: Soloists, Children of the Vienna State Opera School (chorus master: Johannes Mertl), Students of the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy, Stage Orchestra and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Christian Thielemann (conductor). Vienna State Opera, Vienna, 29.11.2015. (MB)
Nina Stemme’s Zurich Recital – Dramatic and Loud!
Switzerland Brahms, Mahler, Lili Boulanger, Nadia Boulanger, Sibelius: Liederabend, Nina Stemme (soprano), Matti Hirvonen (piano), Zürich Opernhaus, Zurich, 3.12.2015. (RP)
Rigoletto Returns to Madrid under the Superb Baton of Nicola Luisotti
Spain Verdi, Rigoletto: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Nicola Luisotti (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 2 & 3.12.2015. (JMI)
Fascinating Performance of Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto by Skride in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Strauss, De Falla: Baiba Skride (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jaime Martín (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 4.12.2015. (SRT)
RNCM’s Vibrant Performance and Slick Production of Weill’s Street Scene
United Kingdom Kurt Weill, Street Scene: Royal Northern College of Music Theatre, Manchester 2.12.2015. (RJW)
