Sweden Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia. Soloists, The Opera på Skäret Chorus, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Andreas Lönnqvist (conductor) at Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg, Sweden. 9.8.2013. Premiere I (GF)
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Ring Returns to Roots at Dalhalla
Sweden. Wagner: Das Rheingold. Soloists, Dalasinfoniettan and Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Partik Ringborg (conductor). Dalhalla 10.8.2013. Premiere (GF)
PROM 41: Gergiev and the LSO: A Memorable Proms Experience
United Kingdom PROM 41 Borodin, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Daniil Trifonov (piano); London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2013 (CC)
Beethoven, With Finesse, Tops Festival Weekend
United States Aspen Music Festival (11): Emerson String Quartet, Jamie Barton (mezzo soprano), Sarah Chang (violin), Stefan Jackiw (violin), Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello), Inon Barnatan (piano), James Feddeck (conductor), David Robertson (conductor). 13.8-9-10.2013 (HS)
Visceral Violin vs. Sputtering Cabaret
United States Aspen Music Festival (10): Sylvia McNair (soprano), Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin). 9.8.2013 (HS)
A Worthy UK Debut by Shanghai Ballet
United Kingdom Shanghai Ballet’s Jane Eyre: Soloists and dancers of the Shanghai Ballet. London Coliseum, London, 14.8.2013. (JPr)
PROM 39: New Sitar Concerto Fails to Unite East and West
United Kingdom PROM 39: Holst, Nishat Khan, Vaughan Williams Nishat Khan (sitar); BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Atherton (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2013 (CC)
and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the BBC Proms
Copyright: BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Mostly Mozart (5): Excavating Human Communication and Finding Disquieting Moments
United States David Lang, the whisper opera: International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Tony Arnold (soprano and conductor), Claire Chase (flutes), Ross Karre (Percussion), Kivie Cahn-Lipman (cello), Joshua Rubin (clarinets), Clark Studio Theater, Lincoln Center, New York, 12.8.2013. (JE)