United Kingdom Vale of Glamorgan Festival [2] – Cardiff, 20 & 21.5.2019. (PCG)
Month: May 2019
A Wigmore Hall Centenary: Elgar Premieres Remembered
United Kingdom Elgar: Anthony Marwood (violin), Aleksandar Madžar (piano), Castalian Quartet (Sini Simonen & Daniel Roberts [violins], Charlotte Bonneton [viola], Christopher Graves [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 21.5.2019. (CS)
Gentleness Mixes with Energy in Kamio and Akiyama’s VSO Concert
Canada Various: Mayuko Kamio (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Kazuyoshi Akiyama (conductor), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 17.5.2019. (GN)
An Intimate Cleveland Setting for Keenlyside’s Winterreise
United States Schubert: Sir Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Natalia Katyukova (piano), Reinberger Chamber Hall, Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio. 19.5.2019. (MSJ)
A Provocative Opening for a New Venue in New York City
United States Pärt, Reich: International Contemporary Ensemble, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street Church, The Shed, New York City, 11.5.2019. (DS)
On Site Opera Premieres Murasaki’s Moon at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
United States 2019 New York Opera Fest [5] – Wiancko, Murasaki’s Moon: Soloists, Aizuri String Quartet, Yoko Reikano Kimura (koto), Satoshi Takeishi (percussion), Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese flutes, percussion, taiko)/Geoffrey McDonald (conductor), On Site Opera, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 18.5.2019. (RP)
Alagna and Radvanovsky transcend criticism in Giordano’s overwrought Andrea Chénier
United Kingdom Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Daniel Oren (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 20.5.2019. (JPr)
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Opera North’s Aida is Superb in Music and Concept
United Kingdom Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Sir Richard Armstrong (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 21.5.2019. (SRT)
