Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Royal Academy Opera Chorus (chorus master: Frederick Brown), Royal Academy Sinfonia / Jane Glover (conductor), Hackney Empire Theatre, London, 30.10.2015 (MB)
Royal Academy Present Outstanding Figaro Set in Cuba
Mark Berry
A Refreshing Concert from the LPO and Markus Stenz
United Kingdom Beethoven, Larcher, Stravinsky: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Markus Stenz (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 28.10.2015 (MB)
An Excellent Production of Rossi’s Orfeo from the Early Opera Company
United Kingdom Rossi, Orfeo: Soloists, Orchestra of the Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn (conductor). Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London, 23.10.2015 (MB)
(c) Stephen Cummiskey, Royal Opera and Shakespeare’s Globe.
Singers Bring the Tension within The Lighthouse to Life
United Kingdom Maxwell Davies, The Lighthouse: Soloists, Southbank Sinfonia, Jonathan Santagada (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 22.10.2015 (MB)
(c) Clive Barda
Bartók’s Music Sounds Wonderful in the Paris Philharmonie
France Bartók: Katia and Marielle Labèque (pianos), Camille Baslé and Eric Sammut (percussion), Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Philharmonie, Paris, 21.10.2015 (MB)
Philippe Jordan’s Moses und Aronan Astonishing Musical Achievement
France Schoenberg, Moses und Aron: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine Children’s Choir of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus masters: José Luis Basso and Alessandro di Stefano) / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 20.10.2015 (MB)
Strong Musical Values in Glyndebourne Touring’s Entführung
United Kingdom Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus (chorus master: Jeremy Bines), Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra, Christoph Altstaedt (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, 15.10.2015
UK Premiere of an Intriguing Major Score by Philippe Manour at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Bach-Kurtág, Busoni, Manoury: Andreas Grau, Götz Schumacher (pianos), Experimental Studio des SWR (José Miguel Fernandez (sound direction), Dominik Kleinknecht (technician)). Wigmore Hall, London, 12.10.2015 (MB)