New Zealand Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Roelofsen, Rameau, Bach, Gershwin, Byrd, Debussy: Category Five [Peter Dykes (oboe), Moira Hurst (clarinet), Simon Brew (saxophone), Mark Cookson (bass clarinet), Oscar Lavën (bassoon)], The Old Library, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 27.10.2013 [Pse]
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Purcell’s The Indian Queen: A Pastiche by Peter Sellars
Spain H. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Orchestra and Chorus Opera Perm (MusicAeterna), Teodor Currentzis (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 5.11.2013 (JMI)
Photo: Javier del Real
Petra Lang Distinguishes Herself as Brünnhilde in Geneva
Switzerland Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande /Ingo Metzmacher (conductor), Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva, 7.11.2013. (JPr)
Oke Gives Magnificent Performance in Britten’s Final Opera
United Kingdom Benjamin Britten, Death in Venice (1973): Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North / Richard Farnes (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, Salford, 7.11.2013
Opera North Swings into the Sixties with Britten’s Dream
United Kingdom Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1960): Sung in English with subtitles. Soloists, Children’s Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/ Stuart Stratford (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, Salford, 6.11.2013.
Sung in English with subtitles.
Opera North’s Peter Grimes Continues to Impress
United Kingdom Britten: Peter Grimes (1945): Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North / Jac van Steen (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, Salford, 5.11.2013 (RJF)
Gubaidulina and Pärt Combined in a Magnificently Thought-Provoking Evening
United Kingdom Gubaidulina, Pärt: Sergej Krylov (violin); London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Tönu Kaljuste (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 6.11.2013 (CC)
Halloween Adds Whimsy to Britten’s Shakespeare
United States Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY. 31.10.2013 (DS)
