United Kingdom 2107 BBC PROMS 4 – Birtwistle & Elgar: Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim. Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.7.2017. (CC)
Birtwistle’s Deep Time and Time for Even More Elgar from Barenboim
Year: 2017
Involvement versus Mimicry
United Kingdom Verdi, Massenet, Mascagni, Richard Strauss, Rossini, Mozart: Artists of The Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / David Syrus, James Hendry, Matthew Scott Rogers (conductors). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 16.7.2017. (JB)
Francesca Chiejina (Suzel) & Thomas Atkins (Fritz) © ROH/Clive Barda
Ermonela Jaho Triumphs in Teatro Real’s Madama Butterfly
Spain Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 15 & 16.7.2017. (JMI)
Some Rare Visitors to the Concert Hall in Ohio
United States Milhaud, Roussel, Beethoven: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 15.07.2017 (MSJ)
A Feverish Flute That Would Have Pleased Its Composer
United States Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera. Aronoff Centre, Cincinnati, OH. 15.7.2017. (RDA)
Aspen Music Festival (3): Mostly Violin and Piano, in a Week of Lots of Brahms
United States Aspen Music Festival [3] – Chausson, Smetana, Schubert, Fauré, Brahms, Barber, Saint-Saëns, Leclair, J.S. Bach, Handel, Purcell: Soloists, Nicolas McGegan (conductor), Benedict Music Tent and Harris Hall, Aspen, CO. 10-13.7.2017. (HS)
Great Singers of One Generation – Joyce El-Khoury and Michael Spyres – Pay Tribute to Those of the Past
United Kingdom Various, Joyce El-Khoury (soprano) and Michael Spyres (tenor): The Hallé / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 14.7.2017. (JPr)
Celebrating Bastille Day with Opera Saratoga
United States Grétry, Zémire et Azor: The Opera Saratoga Orchestra / Lidiya Yankovskaya (conductor), The Spa Little Theater, Saratoga Springs, New York, 14.7.2017. (RP)
