Finland Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Finnish National Opera Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, 3.9.2019. (GF)
Das Rheingold is a good omen for the rest of Salonen’s Ring cycle
Month: September 2019
Daniel Harding’s outstanding account of Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette in Berlin
Germany Musikfest Berlin [8] – Berlioz: Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Shenyang (bass-baritone), Berlin Radio Chorus (chorus master: Gijs Leenaars), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 13.9.2019. (MB)
The Linbury Theatre welcomes Kazakhstan’s Astana Ballet for a four-work mixed programme
United Kingdom Astana Ballet: Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 12.9.2019. (JO’D)
Unforgettable Berlin performance of Lachenmann from Yuko Kakuta and Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Germany Musikfest Berlin [7] – Schubert and Lachenmann: Yuko Kakuta (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin, 12.9.2019. (MB)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s bittersweet Fleabag remains an ode to all modern women
United Kingdom Fleabag (written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge): Directed for the screen by Tony Grech-Smith and broadcast live from the Wyndham’s Theatre, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 12.9.2019. (JPr)
The NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra shows its quality at the penultimate 2019 BBC Prom
United Kingdom BBC PROM 74 – Beethoven Night: Handel, Beethoven, J S Bach: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Manze (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.9.2019. (AS)
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20 years of opera in Buenos Aires – Bravo Juventus Lyrica!
Argentina 20th Anniversary Grand Gala: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica / Antonio Maria Russo (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 7.9.2019. (JSJ)
In Lucerne, the LSO demonstrate they are in the top flight
Switzerland Lucerne Festival [9] – Haydn, Britten, Rachmaninov: London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Luzern, Lucerne, 10.9.2019. (JR)
