July 2019 – Page 9 – Seen and Heard International

At the Blossom Festival, Two Artists Take Nothing for Granted

20/07/201909/07/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United States Bernstein, Gershwin, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky: Aaron Diehl (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Roderick Cox (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 6.07.2019 (MSJ)

MacMillan’s Mayerling Performed in Los Angeles for the First Time

20/07/201909/07/2019 by Jane Rosenberg

United States Liszt, Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling: Artists of the Royal Ballet / Koen Kessels (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 7.7.2019. (JRo)

Lauren Cuthbertson and Thiago Soares in *Mayerling* (c) Helen Maybanks/ROH

Masterful Chamber Version of Das Rheingold in Vattnäs

20/07/201909/07/2019 by Goran Forsling

Sweden Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Dancers from M&M Dance School, Mora, Extras, Vattnäs Extended Chamber Orchestra / Joakim Unander (conductor), Vattnäs Concert Barn, Vattnäs, Sweden, 5.7.2019. (GF)

Katarina Böhm (Wellgunde), Alexandra Büchel (Woglinde), Elisabeth Leyser (Flosshilde)
(c) P-J Jansson

Gorgeously sung Ariadne auf Naxos in Cincinnati

20/07/201909/07/2019 by Rafael De Acha

United States R. Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera / Jun Märkl (conductor), School for Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio. 11.7.2019. (RDA)

Liv Redpath as Zerbinetta in *Ariadne* at Cincinnati Opera (Photo: Cincinnati Opera)

Boston Symphony Orchestra Opens Tanglewood Season with Elegant Mozart and Magnificent Mahler

20/07/201909/07/2019 by Rick Perdian

United States Tanglewood [1] – Mozart, Mahler: Emmanuel Ax (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, MA, 5.7.2019. (RP)

Andris Nelsons and the BSO © Hilary Scott

Electrifying Elektra at Zurich Opera

20/07/201908/07/2019 by John Rhodes

Switzerland Richard Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Simone Young (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 7.7.2019. (JR)

Elektra (Evelyn Herlitzius), Chrysothemis (Tamara Wilson) (c) Toni Suter

Psappha Give a Remarkable Performance of a Powerfully Effective Piece by David Fennessey

20/07/201908/07/2019 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Fennessy, Panopticon: Psappha (Tim Williams, cimbalom/director; Benedict Holland, Lucy Baker, violins; Beth Woodford, Susie Meszaros, violas; Abi Hyde Smith, Amy Jolly, cellos). Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, 7.7.2019. (CC)

Richard Egarr Leads a Very Involving Concert Performance of Le nozze di Figaro

20/07/201908/07/2019 by Agnes Kory

United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Grange Festival Chorus, Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr (conductor & fortepiano), Barbican Hall, London. 4.7.2019. (AK)

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