United Kingdom Various composers, Music at Paxton – 2018 Summer Festival of Chamber Music: Paxton House, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Scottish Borders. (MC)
Michael Cookson
ETO’s Gimmicky-less Figaro was a Highly Entertaining Evening
United Kingdom Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Christopher Stark (conductor), Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 9.6.2018. (MC)
Exciting New Keith Warner Production of Magnificent, if Flawed, Verdi Masterpiece
Germany Verdi, La forza del destino: Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sinfoniechor Dresden, Extrachor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Herren der komparserie, Sächsischer Staatskapelle Dresden / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 19.5.2018. (MC)
After Nearly Thirty Years Mielitz’s Fidelio Still Looks Contemporary and Fresh
Germany Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sinfoniechor Dresden, Extrachor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Sächsischer Staatskapelle Dresden / Ádám Fischer (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 17.5.2018. (MC)
Ivor Bolton and the Dresdner Festspielorchester’s Brahms Generates a Festive Quality
Germany Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2018 [10] – Brahms: Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Dresdner Festspielorchester / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 21.5.2018. (MC)
Dresden will Remember this Concert from Gregory Porter for a Long Time
Germany Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2018 [8]: Gregory Porter and Band, Semperoper, Dresden, 20.5.2018. (MC)
An Entertaining Concert with Some Very Fine Playing from RSNO and Nicola Benedetti
Germany Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2018 [9] – Britten, Bernstein, Brahms: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Peter Oundjian, Kulturpalast, Dresden, 20.5.2018. (MC)
Impressive Orchestral Unison from Thielemann and Staatskapelle Dresden
Germany Weber, Liszt, Brahms: Denis Matsuev (piano), Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann, Semperoper Dresden, 19.5.2018. (MC)
