Germany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists of Leipzig Opera, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Ulf Schirmer (conductor), Leipzig Opera House, 10.5.2018. (JMI)
Leipzig Opera’s Ring Cycle Begins with a Convincing Das Rheingold
Month: May 2018
St John Passion of Highest Quality at International Bach Festival
Switzerland J.S. Bach: Chorus and Orchestra of the J.S. Bach-Stiftung/Rudolf Lutz (conductor), Julia Doyle (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Daniel Johannsen (tenor – Evangelist), Peter Harvey (bass – Jesus), Johannes Kaleschke (tenor – arias), Matthias Helm (bass – Pilatus), Stadtkirche St. Johann, Schaffhausen 10.5.2018 (JR)
A Remarkable Recital by Khatia Buniatishvili
United Kingdom Brahms, Tchaikovsky/Pletnev, Liszt: Khatia Buniatishvili (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 9.5.2018. (CC)
Gergiev and Mariinsky Frustrating in Tchaikovsky Cycle
Switzerland Tchaikovsky: Mariinsky Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich 8.5.2018 (JR)
Scarlatti ‘Triumph’ In Buenos Aires
Argentina Scarlatti, Il trionfo dell’onore: Soloists and Orchestra / Iñaki Encina Oyón (conductor), Centro Cultural 25 de Mayo, Buenos Aires. 4.5.2018. (JSJ)
Evelyn Ramírez (Leonora) & Josué Miranda (Aunt Cornelia)
(c) Máximo Parpagnoli
Meade and Rachvelishvili Fly High in Deutsche Oper’s Il trovatore
Germany Verdi, Il trovatore: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 9.5.2018. (JMI)
Real Mastery from the Sacconi Quartet at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Dove, Haydn, Janáček: Sacconi Quartet (Ben Hancox & Hannah Dawson [violins], Robin Ashwell [viola], Cara Berridge [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 8.5.2018. (CS)
A New Production of Strauss’s Ever-Popular Die Fledermaus
Germany J. Strauss, Die Fledermaus: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 8.5. 2018. (JMI)
