United States Schubert, Samuel Jones, Brahms: Jeffrey Khaner (flute), Philadelphia Orchestra / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 6.1.2018. (BJ)
Month: January 2018
Musical Excellence from the Modigliani Quartet at the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Haydn and Brahms: Modigliani Quartet (Amaury Coeytaux, Loïc Rio (violins), Laurent Marfaing (viola), François Kieffer (cello)). Wigmore Hall, London, 14.1.2018. (MB)
Kirill Petrenko Leads Das Rheingold and Proves that he has Reached Olympus as a Conductor
Germany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 13.1.2018. (JMI)
Hanus Launches 2018 WNO Concert Season
United Kingdom Dvořák, Mendelssohn, Beethoven: Henning Kraggerud (violin), Welsh National Opera Orchestra / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 14.1.2018. (PCG)
Gripping Revival of Kosky’s Gritty La fanciulla del West
Switzerland Puccini, La fanciulla del West: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 12.1.2018. (JR)
British Premiere of the Composite Genesis Suite from Rattle and the LSO
United Kingdom Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Milhaud, Shilkret, Tansman, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Toch, and Bartók: London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Simon Halsey), London Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 13.1.2018. (MB)
(c) Mark Allan/LSO
Resolution 2018 Begins and Lucy Palmer’s The Left Hand Path Meets Audience Expectations
United Kingdom Resolution 2018 [1] – Mathieu Geffré Dance/Kendall Farrell/Lucy Palmer Dance: The Place, London, 12.1.2018. (JO’D)
(c) Lidia Crisafulli
This Abduction from the Seraglio Features Some Fine Singing but No ‘Spiel’
Germany Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 12.1.2018. (JMI)
