United Kingdom Eat, Pray, Laugh! Barry Humphries’ Farewell Tour: Barry Humphries, Nick Len (music director) and company. London Palladium, London, 15.11.2013. (JPr)
Legendary Dame Edna on Top Form at 80
Stan
Centenary Composer Features in Memorable Remembrance Sunday Concert
United Kingdom Lloyd, R Strauss, Shostakovich: Anna Gorbachyova (soprano), Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra / John Gibbons (conductor), Assembly Hall, Worthing, 10.11.2013. (RB)
Met’s Die Frau, Without a Shadow of a Doubt, a Great Production
R. Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Vladamir Jurowski (conductor), Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York, 12.11.2013 (SSM)
Wolfgang Holzmaier Takes a Final Bow with Schubert
United Kingdom Schubert: Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Imogen Cooper (piano). Wigmore Hall, 16.11.2013 (MB)
Bravura Prokofiev and Ravel Performances from Boris Giltburg
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Ravel: Boris Giltburg (piano), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 14.11.13 (RB)
‘The Dude’ Takes Birmingham by Storm – But Did He Get Beneath the Surface of Mahler? *
United Kingdom Mahler, Philharmonia Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 15.11.2013 (JQ)
Rare Verdi Trilogy in Hamburg
Germany Verdi: I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata, Philarmoniker Hamburg, Chor Staatsoper Hamburg, Simone Young (conductor), Staatsoper Hamburg, 13.11.2013 (JMI).
Bring in the Nymphs
Germany R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Philarmoniker Hamburg, Axel Kober (conductor), Staatsoper Hamburg, 14.11.2013 (JMI).
