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Madrid Opera Season Opens with Disappointing Barbiere
Spain G. Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Tomas Hanus (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real 25 & 26.9.2013 (JMI)
Gripping Production of Greek Avoids Violence
United Kingdom Mark-Anthony Turnage, Greek: Music Theatre Wales: Michael Rafferty, conductor. Weston Studio, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 1.10.2013 (PCG)
Horwood’s Fiddler on the Roof Leaves a Warm Glow
Jerry Bock, Fiddler on the Roof: Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 01.10.2013 (SRT) Cast: Tevye – Paul Michael Glaser Golde – Karen Mann Tzeitel – Emily O’Keefe Hodel – Liz Singleton Chave – Claire Petzal Yente, the mathmaker – Liz Kitchen Motel, the tailor – Jon Trenchard Perchik, the student – Steven Bor Lazar, the butcher – … Read more
Sumptuous Singing from Ruth Ann Swenson
United States Composers from Bellini to Lehár: Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano), Warren Jones (piano), Weill Hall, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 29.9.2013 (HS)
Exciting Young Principal Conductor-In-the-Waiting
Switzerland Ravel, Schumann and Bartok: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Martin Helmchen (piano), Lionel Bringuier, (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich 30.9.2103 (JR)
Vladimir Jurowski Leads a Superb Peter Grimes in London
United Kingdom Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, London Voices, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 28.9.2013. (JPr)