United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Improbable, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Kerem Hasan (conductor). London Coliseum, 18.3.2022. (CC)
ENO’s Così fan tutte is undeniably entertaining in a sort of overload-like way
Colin Clarke
Importance of place, of belonging, is central to Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic at the Barbican
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Verbytsky, Smetana: Yuja Wang (piano), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 15.3.2022. (CC)
A clear message of hope and humanity from Laurence Equilbey and her Insula Orchestra
France Mendelssohn, Schumann: Carolin Widmann (violin), Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). La Seine Musicale, Paris, 14.3.2022 (CC)
Insights galore in the Barbican Hall concert with Nicole Cabell, the LSO and Rattle conducting
United Kingdom Dvořák, Walker, Schumann: Nicole Cabell (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 10.3.2022. (CC)
Amazingly educational and unbearably moving Solomon’s Knot evening at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Solomon’s Knot – Bach Brothers: Wigmore Hall, London, 6.3.2022. (CC)
Shades of the present haunt Russia’s past as parodied by Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel
United Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, The Golden Cockerel: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Gerry Cornelius (conductor). Hackney Empire. London, 5.3.2022. (CC)
Phantasmagoria as Man is pitted against Nature in ENO’s new The Cunning Little Vixen
United Kingdom Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen (Přiíhody lišky Bystroušky): Soloists, Children’s Chorus, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). London Coliseum, 22.2.2022. (CC)
Stefano Montanari and his remarkable cast elevate this Rigoletto revival to a superlative level
United Kingdom Verdi Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Stefano Montanari (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 21.2.2022. (CC)
