Year: 2022

Fine conspectus of Kurt Weill from the LSO and Simon Rattle

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Weill: Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples, Alessandro Fisher (tenors), Ross Ramgobin (baritone), Florian Boesch (bass-baritone), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 28.4.2022. (MB)

Magdalena Kožená, Sir Simon Rattle, Andrew Staples Alessandro Fisher, Ross Ramgobin, Florian Boesch and the LSO (c) Mark Allan

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Calixto Bieito’s Vienna Tristan is Wagner, Richard, but not as we know it!

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AustriaAustria Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Anna Gettel) from Vienna State Opera, 27.4.2022. (JPr)

Andreas Schager (Tristan) and Martina Serafin (Isolde) © Michael Pöhn

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Whangarei right royally entertained by Vernon and Aroha’s class act

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New ZealandNew Zealand Mozart, Piazzolla, Brahms: Rachel Vernon (clarinet), Aroha String Quartet (Haihong Liu, Anne Loeser [violin], Zhongxian Jin [viola], Robert Ibell [cello]). Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand, 21.4.2022. (PSe)

(l to r) Robert Ibell, Haihong Liu, Anne Loeser, Rachel Vernon, and Zhongxian Jin

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Theatrical excess spoils an otherwise well-sung and played Der fliegende Holländer in Mannheim

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GermanyGermany Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Nationaltheater Mannheim / Jordan de Souza (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Florian Breuer) on 24.4.2022 from the Nationaltheater Mannheim (available on YouTube and OperaVision until 24.10.2022). (JPr)

Delphina Parenti (Dream Senta), Michael Bronczkowski (Dream Dutchman) and Daniela Köhler (Senta) (c) Christian Kleiner

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