Germany Verdi, Les Vêpres siciliennes: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 22.3. 2018. (JMI)
A Disappointing New Production of Verdi’s Les Vêpres siciliennes
Month: March 2018
A Festival of Goldbergs: Angela Hewitt and Schaghajegh Nosrati
Canada Bach, Goldberg Variations: Angela Hewitt (piano), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 7.3.2018; Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 18.3.2018. (GN)
Lagrime di San Pietro: A Late-Renaissance Masterpiece Reprised by LA Master Chorale
United States Orlando di Lasso, Lagrime di San Pietro: Artists of Los Angeles Master Chorale / Grant Gershon (conductor), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 18.3.2018. (DD/JRo)
Finding a Pianistic Voice
United Kingdom Scarlatti, Haydn, Bacewicz, Chopin: Filip Michalak (piano), The Keyboard Charitable Trust at Steinway Hall, London. 21.3.2018 (JB)
A Song of Departure from the Schubert Ensemble at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Chausson, Schubert, Weir: The Schubert Ensemble (William Howard [piano], Simon Blendis [violin], Douglas Paterson [viola], Jane Salmon [cello], Peter Buckoke [double bass]), Wigmore Hall, London, 21.3.2018. (CS)
Glorious Pipa, a Village Band, and Puppets
United States Various composers: Wu Man (pipa), Huayin Shadow Puppet Band, presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California at Berkeley. 11.3.2018. (HS)
An Enterprising Programme Finds the LPO on Fine Form
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Weber, Schubert: Peter Donohoe (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 21.3.2018. (AS)
An Outstanding, Thought-Provoking Tristan und Isolde from Tcherniakov
Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Berlin State Opera Chorus (chorus master: Raymond Hughes), Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 18.3.2018. (MB)
