United Kingdom Bach, Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven: Murray Perahia (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 11.6.2017. (CC)
Month: June 2017
A Traditonal Fledermaus With Some Interesting Twists
Estonia Strauss, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera / Maksim Valkov (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, 4.6.2017. (GF)
An Ambitious Journey Through Italian Song
United States Scelsi, Landini, Sciarrino, Ciconia, Garau, Monteverdi, Rossi, Gesualdo: Trident Ensemble (Tim Keeler, Daniel Moody, countertenors; Owen McIntosh, Steven Soph, tenors; Edmund Milly, bass-baritone, Jonathan Woody, bass), The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, New York City, 27.5.2017. (KG)
Stalwart Rigoletto Improves As the Night Goes On
United States Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera / Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 6.6.2017. (HS)

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The Roaring Twenties at Plymouth University
United Kingdom Ansell, Lehár, Kern, Gershwin, Rodgers, Vaughan Williams, Moeran, Porter: Jeni Bern (soprano), Peninsula Arts Sinfonietta / Simon Ible (conductor). Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth, 10.6.2017. (PRB)

BBC NOW Excel in Stravinsky’s Rite whilst Bavouzet’s Ravel was ‘Too Literal’
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Ravel, Stravinsky: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 8.6.2017. (PCG)
The Vienna Philharmonic on Fine Form in Brahms and Widmann
Austria Brahms and Widmann: Dieter Flury (flute), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 9.6.2017. (MB)
The Music of Boulez and Carter in Fascinating Conjunction
Austria Boulez and Carter: oenm (österrichsches ensemble für neue musik) / Johannes Kalitzke (conductor). Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 7.6.2017. (MB)