United Kingdom Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Cast, Opera Holland Park Chorus, City of London Sinfonia / Matthew Kofi Waldren (conductor). Holland Park, London, 12.6.2019. (CC)
Colin Clarke
A Terrific Evening of Contemporary Music Shows the Worth of the Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis
Germany Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis 2019: Juliet Fraser (soprano), Ensemble Musikfabrik / Enno Poppe (conductor). Prinzregententheater, Munich, 7.6.2019. (CC)
Glyndebourne’s Cendrillon is Memorable in Every Way
United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival Opera [2] – Massenet, Cendrillon: Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor). Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 8.6.2019. (CC)
Salonen and the Philharmonia in Stunning Exploration of Weimar Republic Music
United Kingdom Weimar Berlin: Bittersweet Metropolis I: The Sounds of Change Angela Denoke (soprano), Emma Davis (lighting designer), Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 9.6.2019. (CC)
A Recital from Katya Apekisheva that was Outstanding in every Respect
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Schubert, Haydn, Janáček, Rachmaninov: Katya Apekisheva (piano). Wigmore Hall, London 6.6.2019. (CC)
Unfamiliar Gluck Operas Revived and Performed with Utmost Care by The Mozartists
United Kingdom Gluck: Soloists, The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 31.5.2019. (CC)
Los Angeles Master Chorale Bring Peter Sellars’s Remarkable Lasso Staging to London
United Kingdom Orlando di Lasso: Los Angeles Master Chorale / Grant Gershon (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 23.5.2019. (CC)
The Southbank Centre Presents Stockhausen’s Donnerstag aus Licht
United Kingdom Stockhausen, Donnerstag aus Licht: Soloists, Le Balcon, Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, New London Chamber Choir, London Sinfonietta / Maxime Pascal (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 22.5.2019. (CC)