United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Guildhall School of Music and Drama Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Dominic Wheeler (conductor). Silk Street Theatre, London, 5.11.2018. (CC)
Carefully Chosen Singers are the Highlight of GSMD’s Così
Colin Clarke
Dusapin’s Passion Reminds Us that Myth and Music are Central to the Human Experience
United Kingdom Music Theatre Wales and National Dance Company Wales – Dusapin, Passion (in English): Jennifer France (Her), Johnny Herford (Him), Cyril Durand-Gasselin, Nikita Goile, Ed Myhill, Julia Rieder, Malik Williams, Queenie Maidment-Otlet (dancers), Exaudi, Sound InterMedia, London Sinfonietta / Geoffrey Paterson (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 13.10.2018. (CC)
A Vital Celebration of Handel’s Irrepressible Solomon
United Kingdom Handel, Solomon: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of Early Opera Company / Christian Curnyn (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 11.10.2018. (CC)
A Wide-Ranging Programme of French Baroque Music, Expertly Performed
United Kingdom Rebel, Rameau, Clérambault, Destouches, de Lalande, Montéclair: Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sebastian Wienand (harpsichord), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Plamena Nikitassova (director/violin). Wigmore Hall, London, 8.10.2018. (CC)
A Funeral for the Queen of Carthage is a Remarkable Evening of Purcell
United Kingdom Purcell: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr (harpsichord). Barbican Hall, London, 2.10.2018. (CC)
Memorable Mozart and Mahler from Jurowski and the LPO
United Kingdom Mozart, Mahler: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.9.2018 (CC)
The Mozartists’ Splendid Evening Capped by Bastien und Bastienne
United Kingdom Haydn, Anonymous and Mozart: Ellie Laugharne (soprano); Alessandro Fisher (tenor); Darren Jeffrey (bass-baritone); The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London,18.9.2018 (CC)
Simon Rattle Opens the LSO Season with an Imaginatively Varied English Programme
United Kingdom Birtwistle, Holst, Turnage, Britten: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Philip Cobb, Gábor Tarkövi (trumpets), Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Tiffin Children’s Chorus, Tiffin Girls’ School Choir, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, 16.9.2018. (CC)
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