September 2019 – Page 3 – Seen and Heard International

A triumphant London debut for the Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra

10/10/201926/09/2019 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Rachmaninov, Britten, Shostakovich: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Edward and Freddie Fox (narrators), Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra / Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 26.9.2019. (CC)

Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra at Cadogan Hall (c) Luke Toddfrey

Tamara Rojo again leads the ENB from the front in Akram Khan’s modern masterpiece

10/10/201926/09/2019 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Vincenzo Lamagna (after Adolphe Adam), Giselle: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 24.9.2019. (JPr)

Tamara Rojo in Akram Khan’s *Giselle* (c) Laurent Liotardo

Incomprehensible new production of La forza del destino at the Deutsche Oper

10/10/201926/09/2019 by José Irurzun

Germany Verdi, La forza del destino: Deutsche Oper Chorus and Orchestra / Jordi Bernàcer (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 24.9.2019. (JMI)

Deutsche Oper’s *La forza del destino* © Thomas Aurin

In New York, a tech-drenched look at data mining and privacy

10/10/201925/09/2019 by Bruce Hodges

United States Kamala Sankaram, Looking at You: Rob Handel (libretto); soloists; Mila Henry (piano); Jeff Hudgins, Ed RosenBerg, Josh Sinton, Matt Blanchard (saxophones); Samuel McCoy (music director); Kristin Marting (co-developer, co-choreographer, and director), HERE Arts Center, New York, 11.9.2019. (BH)

Brandon Snook as Ethan Snyder in *Looking at You* (c) Paula Court

Barrie Kosky’s brilliant production of La bohème at the LA Opera

10/10/201925/09/2019 by Jane Rosenberg

United States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 22.9.2019. (JRo)

*La bohème* at the LA Opera. Photo credit: Cory Weaver.

PIANIST JAMES LISNEY IN CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT BEATTIE

02/03/202325/09/2019 by Robert Beattie

James Lisney talks to Robert Beattie

Christian Gerhaher offers a special experience in his Mahler recital

10/10/201925/09/2019 by Mark Berry

Germany Mahler: Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano), Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 23.9.2019. (MB)

Christian Gerhaher © Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Classical

A shiny new bauble from John Adams for the San Francisco Symphony

10/10/201925/09/2019 by Harvey Steiman

United States John Adams, Rachmaninoff, Schumann: Daniil Trifonov (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 21.9.2019. (HS)

Scott Pingel on bass guitar in John Adams’ *I Still Dance*
(c) San Francisco Symphony

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