United Kingdom Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I: London Palladium, 4.7.2018. (JPr)
Kelli O’Hara’s Anna is the Glory of The King and I Revival at the London Palladium
Month: July 2018
Elena Stikhina Makes an Outstanding Debut as Senta in Der fliegende Holländer
United Kingdom 2018 Munich Opera Festival [2] – Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Bertrand De Billy (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 2.7.2018. (JMI)
Carmen in Zurich: Some Fine Voices but Lacks White Heat
Switzerland Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Childrens’ Chorus of Zurich Opera, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Orchestra Zurich / Eun Sun Kim (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 1.7.2018. (JR)
The Extraordinary Kirill Petrenko Leads a Dream Cast in a New Parsifal
Germany 2018 Munich Opera Festival [1] – Wagner, Parsifal: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 1.7.2018. (JMI)
Pelléas is Stefan Herheim’s Directorial Debut at Glyndebourne
United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2018 [2] – Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Sussex, 30.7.2018. (CC)
In Mahler, Elegance and Expressiveness as a Balm for Our Time
United States Mahler: Sasha Cooke (mezzo soprano), Pacific Boychoir (Andrew Brown [director]), women of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus (Ragnar Bohlin [director]), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 28.6.2018. (HS)
An Evening of Song in Performance from Lucy Schaufer
United Kingdom ‘The Class of 1938’: Lucy Schaufer (mezzo-soprano), Huw Watkins (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 29.6.2018. (MB)
A Rare Opportunity from the Philharmonia to Hear Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder
United Kingdom Schoenberg: Soloists, Philharmonia Voices, Choirs of the Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and Trinity Laban Conservatore of Music and Dance (chorus director: Aidan Oliver), Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 28.6.2018. (MB)