October 2024 – Page 9 – Seen and Heard International

Majestic Brahms Symphony No.4 from Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony

26/10/202406/10/2024 by Harvey Steiman

United States Shostakovich, Brahms: Sayaka Shoji (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 4.10.2024. (HS)

Violinist Sayaka Shoji plays Shostakovich’s Concerto No.1 with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting © Stefan Cohen

Byström’s Wigmore Hall recital confirms her status as one of today’s most exciting sopranos

26/10/202406/10/2024 by Keith McDonnell

United Kingdom Various: Malin Byström (soprano) and Magnus Svensson (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 30.9.2024. (KMcD)

Swedish soprano Malin Byström with pianist Magnus Svensson at the Wigmore Hall © The Wigmore Hall Trust

From wit to an alien world to radiant transcendence: symphonic showcase from Harding’s Clevelanders

26/10/202405/10/2024 by Mark S Jordan

United States Haydn, Walker, R. Schumann: Cleveland Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 3.10.2024. (MSJ)

Daniel Harding conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in Schumann’s Symphony No.2 © Yevhen Gulenko/CO

This was a fine ENO Bohème and the frisson of an unexpected cast change certainly helped

26/10/202405/10/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus of St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Clelia Cafiero (conductor). London Coliseum, 3.10.2024. (CC)

English National Opera’s *La bohème* © Lloyd Winters

English Touring Opera’s fresh, engaging account of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snowmaiden

26/10/202404/10/2024 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, The Snowmaiden: Soloists, Choral Ensemble, Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Hannah Quinn (conductor). Hackney Empire, London, 28.9.2024. (MB)

Ffion Edwards (Snowmaiden) and Kitty Whately (Lel) © Richard Hubert Smith

Berlin revival of Respighi’s La fiamma after 90 years leaves no one untouched

26/10/202403/10/2024 by Andreas Bücker

Germany Respighi, La fiamma: Soloists, Chorus, Extra Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin, Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 29.9.2024. (AB)

Deutsche Oper Berlin’s *La fiamma* © Monika Rittershaus

Persuasive contemporary staging of Nabucco in Düsseldorf enhanced by great singing

26/10/202403/10/2024 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Deutsche Oper am Rhein / Katharina Müllner (conductor). Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, 29.9.2024. (DMD)

Between romanticism and modernity – a spectacular Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich season opener

26/10/202403/10/2024 by Valérie Litz

Switzerland Brahms, Thorvaldsdottir, Stravinsky: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Tonhalle Zurich, 18.9.2024. (VL)

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