United Kingdom Sciarrino, Hurel, and Andre: Jake Arditti (countertenor), Arditti Quartet (Irvine Arditti Ashot Sarkissian [violins], Ralf Ehlers [viola], Lucas Fels [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 11.3.2018. (MB)
Month: March 2018
Opera North’s First Production of a Verdi Masterpiece Disappoints
United Kingdom Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Richard Farnes (conductor), The Lowry, Salford Quays, 10.3.2018. (RJF)

A Return to the Brilliant Days of the Liceu with a Superb Andrea Chénier
Spain Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus / Pinchas Steinberg (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 12 & 13.3.2018. (JMI)

Well-Designed Programme, Insightfully Played by Albion Quartet
United Kingdom Haydn, Fribbins, Suk, Dvořák: Albion Quartet [Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Emma Parker (violins), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Nathaniel Boyd (cello)]. Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 9.3.2018. (GPu)

Baroque Opera is Well Served by Madrid’s Concert-Version Rinaldo
Spain Handel, Rinaldo (concert performance): The English Concert / Harry Bicket (conductor), Auditorio de Música, Madrid, 11.3.2018. (JMI)
An Athletic Struggle Through One of Mahler’s Most Difficult
United States Mahler: USC Thornton Symphony / Yoav Talmi (conductor), Bovard Auditorium, Los Angeles, 9.3.2018. (LV)
Venerable Academy Shows an American Openness
United States Edgar Meyer, Mozart, Beethoven: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Joshua Bell (conductor and violin), presented by San Francisco Symphony Great Performers Series, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 11.3.2018. (HS)

Stirring Farewell Appearance by One of the Finest String Quartets of Recent Years
United States Mozart, Ravel, Beethoven: Johannes String Quartet, Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 4.3.2018. (BJ)