Mark Berry – Page 88 – Seen and Heard International

Despite Good Singing Completed Mozart Opera Buffa Fails to Enthral

21/04/201616/04/2016 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Mozart and Stephen Oliver, L’Oca del Cairo: Soloists, Oriana Choir, London Mozart Players, David Parry (conductor). St John’s, Smith Square, London, 14.3.2016. (MB)

Delightful Mozart and Haydn, Courtesy of Hilary Davan Wetton

19/04/201615/04/2016 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Mozart and Haydn: Leon McCawley (piano), Grace Davidson (soprano), Anna Harvey (mezzo-soprano), Mark Wilde (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), City of London Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 12.4.2016. (MB)

Götz Friedrich’s Rosenkavalier Comes Over as Fresh as Ever

19/04/201614/04/2016 by Mark Berry

Germany Deutsche Oper Strauss-Wochen (5) – Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Children’s Choir (choirmaster: Christian Lindhorst), Chorus (chorus master: Thomas Richter), Movement Choir, Extras, and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Ulf Schirmer (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 10.4.2016. (MB)

L8TVC1JN — *Der Rosenkavalier* (2008) (c) Bettina Stöß.

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Despite Good Singing Completed Mozart Opera Buffa Fails to Enthral

Delightful Mozart and Haydn, Courtesy of Hilary Davan Wetton

Götz Friedrich’s Rosenkavalier Comes Over as Fresh as Ever

Harms Does No Especial Harm to Die Liebe der Danae Which Glowed

Litton Lavishes Loving Care on Orchestration of Die ägyptische Helena

Fine Performance of Elektra Despite a Lacklustre Production

A Salome of Great Musico-Dramatic Import at Deutsche Oper, Berlin

Much to Admire from Christian Gerhaher’s Schubert but Were Expectations Fully Met?