United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), Theatre Royal Glasgow, 27.4.2018. (GT)
Magnificent Singing in a New Production of Eugene Onegin at Scottish Opera
Gregor Tassie
A Colourfully Exciting Don Quixote from Brazil’s São Paulo Dance Company
Germany São Paulo Dance Company’s Don Quixote: Dancers of São Paulo Dance Company, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz / Christoph Gedschold (conductor), Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany, 14.4.2018. (GT)
A Dazzling and Vocally Delightful La sonnambula from Frankfurt Opera
United Kingdom Bellini, La sonnambula: Soloists, Chorus, and Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra / Eun Sun Kim (conductor), 21.4.2018. (GT)
Frankfurt Opera’s Das Rheingold Avoids Cheap Sensationalism
Germany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra / Sebastian Weigle (conductor), Frankfurt Opera, 19.4.2018. (GT)
MARKUS POSCHNER IN CONVERSATION WITH GREGOR TASSIE
Markus Poschner talks to Gregor Tassie
Born in a musical family in 1971 in Munich, Markus Poschner has become one of the most sought-after conductors in recent years. He has worked extensively in both opera and concerts, all the major European orchestras, and in the United States and the Far East. Currently Markus Poschner is general music director of Opera Linz and principal conductor of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, which he shares with and the principal conductorship of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana in Locarno with whom he has made a highly regarded cycle of the Brahms symphonies. As he prepares his orchestra from Linz on their third UK tour he spoke to me about his career and ambitions in music.
Denis Matsuev Leads a Celebration of the Rachmaninov Anniversary
Russian Federation Rachmaninov: Denis Matsuev (piano), Russian Academic State Symphony Orchestra ‘Evgeny Svetlanov’ / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor). Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow, 1 & 2.4.2018. (GT)
ARABELLA STEINBACHER IN CONVERSATION WITH GREGOR TASSIE
Interview with Arabella Steinbacher
When I spoke with Arabella Steinbacher, she was half way through a tour with the Orchestre National de Lille in Southern France playing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and conductor Mark Shanahan. The bitterly cold weather allowed the German violinist some extra time in her hotel to speak with me about her early career and her inspirations for what has been a busy calling embracing the standard classical repertoire and explorations of less known 20th century repertoire.