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John Rhodes

Refined Playing from Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer

13/03/201710/03/2017 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Mendelssohn, Mahler: Gerhild Romberger (alto), Robert Dean Smith (Tenor), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich, 8.3.2017. (JR)

Ivan Fischer Photo: Marco Borggreve
Iván Fischer (c) Marco Borggreve

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The Peoples’ Performance of Otello in Zurich Packs a Punch

11/03/201707/03/2017 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Verdi, Otello: Soloists and Chorus of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Zurich Opera, 5.3.2017 (JR)

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Željko Lučić as Iago in Otello (2013) (c) Stefan Deuber

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Zinman Welcomed Back to the Tonhalle for Stirring Mahler Sixth

11/03/201707/03/2017 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Mahler: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman (conductor), Tonhalle, Zurich, 3.3.2017. (JR)

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Dutoit, Fischer and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich all on Top Form

28/02/201724/02/2017 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bartók, Tchaikovsky: Tonhalle Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Julia Fischer (violin) Tonhalle, Zurich 23.2.2017. (JR)

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Lucky Queenslanders – Alondra de la Parra Charms in Zurich

11/02/201706/02/2017 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stravinsky, Mozart, Beethoven: Jan Lisiecki (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich  /Alondra de la Parra (conductor), Tonhalle, Zurich 2.2.2017. (JR)

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William Christie awakens a Sleeping Beauty: Medea in Zurich

02/02/201724/01/2017 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Charpentier, Medea: Soloists and Chorus of Zurich Opera, Orchestra La Scintilla, Members of Les arts florissants / William Christie (conductor), Zurich Opera 22.1.2017. (JR)

medee

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On Paper Only an Attractive Programme – La Fenice in Zurich

26/01/201720/01/2017 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rossini, Wagner, Rachmaninov: Vesselina Kasarova (mezzosoprano), Orchestra Filarmonica della Fenice / John Neschling (conductor), Tonhalle, Zurich, 17.1.2016. (JR)

Vesselina Kasarova; Photo credit: Marco Borggreve.
Vesselina Kasarova (c) Marco Borggreve.

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Might Heras-Casado Be Bringuier’s Successor at the Tonhalle?

18/01/201714/01/2017 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Schubert, Bartók: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich, 12.1.2017. (JR)

HIGHRES_PABLO HERAS-CASADO_2013_12 PHC 9 by Fernando Sancho at the Met c...
Pablo Heras-Casado (c) Fernando Sancho

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