Austria Dvořák, Strauss, and Stravinsky: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (conductor). Goldener Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, 17.6.2017. (MB)
Month: June 2017
Puccini’s Bohemians Move to the 1930s
United States Puccini, La bohème: Cincinnati Opera, Natascha Metherell (director) / Louis Langrée (conductor), Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH. 15.6.2017. (RDA)

Production:
Stage Director – Natascha Metherell
Scenic & Costume – Designer Isabella Bywater
Lighting Designer – Thomas C. Hase
Hair & Make-up – Designer James Geier
Chorus Master – Henri Venanzi
Cast:
Mimì – Nicole Cabell
Musetta – Jessica Rivera
Rodolfo – Sean Panikkar
Marcello – Rodion Pogossov
Colline – Nathan Stark
Schaunard – Edward Nelson
Benoit/Alcindoro – Marco Nisticò
Petrenko Conducts Bell in Lalo, plus a Glinka Rarity
United States Glinka, Lalo, Rachmaninoff: Joshua Bell (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 16.6.2017. (HS)
Israeli Chamber Project Scores at Montréal Chamber Music Festival
Canada Weber, Bartók, Ran, Brahms: Israeli Chamber Project (Tibi Cziger, clarinet; Yehonatan Berick and Carmit Zori, violins; Vitai Zori, viola; Michal Korman, cello; and Assaff Weisman, piano), Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montréal, 13.6.2017. (LV)

Sterling Korngold and Mahler from Baiba Skride and Bramwell Tovey
Canada Tovey, Korngold, Mahler: Marion Newman (mezzo-soprano), Baiba Skride (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Vancouver, 10.6.2017. (GN)

PHACE Present a Multi-Faceted Tribute to Pierre Boulez
Austria Boulez, Fedele, Winkler, Baticci, Karastoyanova-Hermentin, Oehring, Schiphorst, Reiter, and Francesconi: Isabel Pfefferkorn (contralto), PHACE / Simeon Pironkoff (conductor). Berio-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 13.6.2017. (MB)
Unforgettable Sibelius from Pekka Kuusisto
United Kingdom Elgar, Sibelius: Pekka Kuusisto (violin), London Chamber Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 14.6.2017. (CS)
Jian Liu’s First and Last Feast
New Zealand John Psathas, Jack Body, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms: Jian Liu (piano); The Old Library Music Centre, Whangarei, New Zealand, 11.6.2017. (PSe)