John Rhodes – Page 21 – Seen and Heard International

With the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Schubert’s ‘Great’, Mozart’s piano concerto joyful and Schoenberg interesting

20/02/202217/12/2021 by John Rhodes

Switzerland Schoenberg, Mozart, Schubert: Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 16.12.21. (JR)

Francesco Piemontesi (c) Marco Borggreve

Strongly sung Simon Boccanegra at Zurich Opera led by Ludovic Tézier’s formidable baritone

20/02/202213/12/2021 by John Rhodes

Switzerland Verdi, Simon Boccanegra: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich. 12.12.2021. (JR)

Jennifer Rowley (Amelia) and Otar Jorjikia (Gabriele) (c) Monika Rittershaus

From Dowland to David Bowie – Jess Gillam blazes her trail at Zurich’s Tonhalle

16/01/202208/12/2021 by John Rhodes

Switzerland Various composers: Jess Gillam (saxophone), Zeynep Özsuca (piano). Kleine Tonhalle, Zurich, 6.12.2021. (JR)

Zeynep Özsuca (piano), Jess Gillam (saxophone) © Patrick Huerlimann

Sex, Crime and Royalty: a very British Anna Bolena at Zurich Opera

16/01/202206/12/2021 by John Rhodes

Switzerland Donizetti, Anna Bolena: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich, 5.12.2021. (JR)

Diana Damrau (Anna Bolena) and Luca Pisaroni (Henry VIII) (c) Toni Suter

Beautiful Berlioz from Sir John Eliot Gardiner with the Monteverdi Choir in Zurich

16/01/202228/11/2021 by John Rhodes

Switzerland Berlioz: Ann Hallenberg (Maria, mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (Narrator, tenor), Ashley Riches (Joseph, baritone), William Thomas (Herod, bass), Gareth Treseder (Centurion, tenor), Alex Ashworth (Polydorus/Father of the family, bass), Monteverdi Choir, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 27.11.2021. (JR)

Sir John Eliot Gardiner (c) Chris Christodoulou

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With the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Schubert’s ‘Great’, Mozart’s piano concerto joyful and Schoenberg interesting

Strongly sung Simon Boccanegra at Zurich Opera led by Ludovic Tézier’s formidable baritone

From Dowland to David Bowie – Jess Gillam blazes her trail at Zurich’s Tonhalle

Sex, Crime and Royalty: a very British Anna Bolena at Zurich Opera

Beautiful Berlioz from Sir John Eliot Gardiner with the Monteverdi Choir in Zurich

Uplifting Sibelius, jolly Beethoven and an unusual accordion work from Järvi and Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich

Mixed feelings about Matthias Goerne and an orchestral Winterreise with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra

Stirring American and British fare from Järvi and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich