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United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Shostakovich: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Streamed on Berlin Philharmonic’s Digital Concert Hall from the Philharmonie, 29.10.2021. (GT)
United States Various: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Cleveland Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 4.11.2021. (MSJ)
United States Various: Javier Perianes (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Gustavo Gimeno (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 4.11.2021. (HS)
United Kingdom Britten, Williams, Vaughan Williams: Madeleine Mitchell (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jamie Phillips (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 3.11.2021. (PCG)
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Wagner: Miah Persson (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 4.11.2021. (CC)
Switzerland Martinů, Brahms: Katia and Marielle Labèque (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 4.11.2021. (JR)
United States Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 29.10.2021. (RP)
Opera Holland Park releases a new online production of William Walton’s The Bear
‘If there’s going to be equality between the sexes, then let us have it!’
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An angry creditor, a reclusive widow, a loyal servant and a pair of pistols are the ingredients for an unlikely romance in William Walton’s adaptation of Chekhov’s comedy.
Filmed and recorded live on location in Stone House over two days in April 2021, Walton’s witty one-act opera reunites the cast and creative team of Opera Holland Park’s acclaimed 2019 production of Il segreto di Susanna.