Switzerland Puccini, Respighi, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff: Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Ludmil Angelov (piano), Zürich Opernhaus, Zurich, 30.3.2016. (RP)
Krassimira Stoyanova Is Magnificent in Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death
Rick Perdian
Polish National Opera Mounts Provocative, Uncompromising Salome
Poland Strauss: Salome, Soloists, Orchestra of the Teatr Wielki, Stefan Soltesz (conductor), Polish National Opera, Moniuszko Auditorium, Teatr Wielki, Warsaw 29.03.2016 (RP)
Dance of the Seven Veils © Krzysztof Bieliński
Young Love Is at Center Court in Opéra national du Rhin’s Idomeneo
France Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Chœurs de l’Opéra national du Rhin, Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse, Sergio Alapont (conductor), Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg. 20.03.2016 (RP)
It’s Spring! Con Brio and Beethoven with the Tonhalle
Switzerland Widmann, Beethoven: Tonhalle Orchestra, Hazel Brugger (slam poet), Ran Jia (piano), Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich, 17.03.2016. (RP)
A Heroic Guillaume Tell with Courage, Class, Crossbows and High C’s Too!
Germany Rossini, Guillaume Tell: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Hamburg State Opera, Gabriele Ferro (conductor), Staatsoper Hamburg, Hamburg, 12.03.2016. (RP)
(c) Brinkhoff/Mögenburg
Herbert Fritsch’s King Arthur ̶ The Vulgar and the Sublime
Switzerland Purcell, King Arthur: Soloists, Chorus, Orchestra La Scintilla, Laurence Cummings (conductor), Zürich Opernhaus, Zurich, 3.3.2016. (RP)
Gripping, High Drama in Chelsea Opera Group’s Il Trovatore
United Kingdom Verdi, Il Trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Chelsea Opera Group, Deborah Miles-Johnson (chorus master), Andrew Greenwood (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 28.2.2016. (RP)
Modern, Minimalist, Misogynistic Rigoletto Packs a Punch
Switzerland Verdi, Rigoletto: Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonie Zurich, Antonello Allemandi (conductor), Zürich Opernhaus, Zurich, 14.2.2016. (RP)
