July 2018 – Page 4 – Seen and Heard International

Elegant and Charming L’elisir d’amore At Close Quarters

03/08/201824/07/2018 by Goran Forsling

Sweden Donizetti: Soloists, Orchestra / Bengt-Åke Lundin (conductor, arrangements and synthesizer). Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg 14.7.2018. (GF)

L to R: Il Hong (Dulcamara), Susanna Andersson (Adina), Johan Wållberg (Belcore),
Rebecca Fjällsby (Giannetta) © Opera på Skäret

A Stockholm Syndrome Opera Hits the Stage

03/08/201824/07/2018 by Goran Forsling

Sweden Albert Schnelzer: Soloists, Vattnäs Chamber Orchestra / Fredrik Burstedt (conductor). Vattnäs Concert Barn, Mora 13.7.2018. (GF)

L to R: Anna Larsson (Margareta), Agnes Auer (Karin), Anna Näsström (Gunilla), Tobias Westman (Leif)
© P-J Jansson

A Thrilling Night With The Vampire In Läckö

03/08/201823/07/2018 by Niklas Smith

Sweden Heinrich Marschner, Der Vampyr (The Vampire): Soloists of Läckö Slottsopera, Läckö Opera Orchestra / Simon Phipps (conductor), Läckö Castle courtyard, 15.7.2018. (NS)

Janthe (Linnéa Sjösvärd, centre) and Lord Ruthven (Hannes Öberg, right). Photo: Daniel Strandroth — Janthe (Linnéa Sjösvärd, centre) & Lord Ruthven (Hannes Öberg, right) (c) Daniel Strandroth

Against All the Odds Søndergård’s Proms ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ Wins in the End

03/08/201823/07/2018 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Prom 11 – Mahler: Soloists, Southend Boys’ Choir, Southend Girls’ Choir, BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 22.7.2018. (JPr)

Mahler’s ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

A Somewhat Patchwork Beethoven Ninth at the Proms

03/08/201823/07/2018 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Prom 9 – War and Peace: Ešenvalds, Britten, Beethoven: Erin Wall (soprano), Judit Kutasi (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (baritone), BBC Proms Youth Choir, World Orchestra for Peace / Donald Runnicles and Thomas Halsey (Ešenvalds). Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.7.2018. (CC)

Erin Wall (soprano), Judit Kutasi (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (baritone) © BBC Proms/Chris Christodoulou — Erin Wall (soprano), Judit Kutasi (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (baritone)
© BBC Proms/Chris Christodoulou

A Welcome Chance at the Proms to Hear the Original Version of Schumann’s Fourth Symphony

03/08/201822/07/2018 by Alan Sanders

United Kingdom Prom 8 – Lili Boulanger, Mendelssohn, Morfydd Owen and Schumann: Bertrand Chamayou (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 20.7.2018. (AS)

The Full Monty – Bernstein’s Mass at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival

03/08/201821/07/2018 by Rick Perdian

United States 2018 Mostly Mozart Festival – Bernstein, Mass: Soloists, Concert Chorale of New York, Young People’s Chorus of New York City, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra / Louis Langrée (conductor), Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall, New York, 18.7.2018. (RP)

Nmon Ford (Celebrant) & dancers in Bernstein’s *Mass* at the 2018 Mostly Mozart Festival
© Richard Termine

A Perceptive Production and Excellent Performance of Ariadne auf Naxos at Aix-en-Provence

03/08/201820/07/2018 by Mark Berry

France Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [2] – Strauss: Soloists, Orchestre de Paris / Marc Albrecht (conductor). Théâtre de l’Archevêché, Aix, 14.7.2018. (MB)

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2018’s *Ariadne auf Naxos* © Pascal Victor/artcompress.

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