Spain Rossini: L’Italiana in Algeri, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Ottavio Dantone (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 11.3.2014 (JMI)
L’Italiana in Algeria Done as Farce
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Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Pay a Memorable Visit to Birmingham
United Kingdom Ives, Adams, Berlioz: St. Lawrence String Quartet, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 14.3.2014 (JQ)
Søndergård Keeps Messiaen’s Sprawling Turangalîla under Control
United Kingdom Messiaen, Turangalîla Symphony: Markus Bellheim (Piano), Jacques Tchamkerten (Ondes Martenot), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.3.2013 (SRT)
Touring Production of Schwartz’s Wicked has Operatic Potential
United Kingdom Stephen Schwartz, Wicked: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra/Dan Jackson (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 13.3.2014 (PCG)
photo credit Matt Crockett
Denise Van Outen Returns to her Roots
United Kingdom Some Girl I Used To Know: A new musical play by Terry Ronald and Denise Van Outen, Palace Theatre, Westcliff, Essex. 13.3.2014. (JPr)
Some Girl I Used To Know: A new musical play by Terry Ronald and Denise Van Outen,
Photo Pamela Raith
Slavic Dances With Youthful Ardour
Canada Janacek, Glazunov, Bartok, Kodaly and Enesco: Viviane Hagner, violin; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Michael Francis, conductor, Orpheum Theater, Vancouver, 8.3.2014 (GN)
Silhouettes Depict Girl’s Coming of Age Dream
United Kingdom David Poe: Shadowland: The Pilobolus Dance Company, Peacock Theatre, London, 12.3.2014. (JPr)
Manze and the Hallé Provide an Antidote to Jaded Musical Appetites
United Kingdom Beethoven, Mozart, Vaughan Williams, Sibelius: Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Hallé/Andrew Manze (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 9.3.2014 (MC)
