United Kingdom Manchester Collective’s Places We Know: Manchester Collective / Rakhi Singh (violin/director). Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, 4.12.2022. (CC)
Unutterable emotional honesty from the Manchester Collective’s Places We Know
Month: December 2022
Sex, lies and videos – Calixto Bieito’s Eliogabalo at Zurich opera
Switzerland Cavalli, Eliogabalo: Soloists, Orchestra La Scintilla / Dmitry Sinkovsky (conductor). Zurich Opera, 4.12.2022. (MF)
Peter Wyrick and Anton Nel do justice to Beethoven and Shostakovich cello sonatas
United States Various: Anton Nel (piano), Peter Wyrick (cello). Gunn Theatre at Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 4.12.2022. (HS)
On tour with A Christmas to Remember, dancers Aljaž and Janette prove a triple threat
Various composers, Aljaž and Janette – A Christmas to Remember: Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manrara (co-creators and choreography) and Company (Janine Johnson, Adrian Hansel [featured singers], Robbie Kmetoni, Faye Huddleston [lead partners], Aimee Hipson, Alex Sturman, Kiera Brunton, Nick Stuart [ensemble]), Gareth Walker (director and choreographer), Matt Howes (music supervisor). Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, 3.12.2022. (JPr)
Strong singing in a new Lohengrin at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich
Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Nationaltheater, Munich, 3.12.2022. (ALL)
Rabinovich gives an extraordinary performance of Tchaikovsky’s B-flat minor Piano Concerto in Glasgow
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Wagner: Roman Rabinovich (pianist), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Ludovic Morlot (conductor). Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 3.12.2022. (GT)
A Trump-like Wotan and child trafficking dominate Valentin Schwarz’s new Bayreuth Rheingold
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2022 – Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Recorded (directed by Michael Beyer) at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus and available on STAGE+ until 14.11.2047. (JPr)
Magnificent Mahler Nine from Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
United Kingdom Mahler: London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 3.12.2022. (JR)
