Germany Strauss, Salome: Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Evan Rogister (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 28.1.2018. (JMI)
Catherine Naglestad as Salome Is Outstanding, as Always
Month: January 2018
McVicar’s ‘Golden Age’ Tosca Features Role Debuts from Yoncheva and Grigolo
United States Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Emmanuel Villaume (conductor). The Met Live in HD broadcast to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 27.1.2018. (JPr)
With a Lean Ensemble, Dausgaard Makes Brahms Propulsive
United States Brahms: Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 27.1.2018. (ZC)
A New Music Festival Distinguished by Its Premieres and Soloists
The 2018 Vancouver Symphony New Music Festival (GN)
The Long Walk – A Soldier Comes Home
United States Beck, The Long Walk: Soloists, Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra / Glenn Lewis (conductor), Pittsburgh Opera, CAPA Theater, Pittsburgh, 28.1.2018. (RP)
A Nicely Sung Carmen, but a Disappointing and Unconvincing New Production
Germany Bizet, Carmen: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Ivan Repušić (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 27.1.2018. (JMI)
The Aquinas Trio Cross-cut the Classical with the Cinematic at Kings Place
United Kingdom Haydn, Brian Inglis, Schubert, Schumann: Aquinas Piano Trio (Ruth Rogers [violin], Katherine Jenkinson [cello], Martin Cousin [piano]), Kings Place, London, 28.1.2018. (CS)
Bychkov Breath-taking in Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony
Switzerland Strauss, Tchaikovsky: Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 25.1.2018. (JR)
Semyon Bychkov (c) Tonhalle Orchestra