United Kingdom Orlando Gough/Richard Stilgoe, Road Rage (première),Garsington Community Opera, Southbank Sinfonia / Susanna Stranders (conductor), Garsington Opera Pavilion, Wormsley, 19.7.2013. (RJ)
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Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Festival: Preview
United Kingdom Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Festival: Preview (RJW)
Traditional Don Pasquale Matches Elegance of Donizetti’s Score
United Kingdom Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus and London Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Mazzola, (conductor), Glyndebourne Opera Theatre, Sussex, 18.7.2013 (MMB)
Magic in the Making: the Muti, Serjan, Meli Nabucco
Italy Verdi, Nabucodonosor. Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Chorus Master, Roberto Gabbiani. Conductor, Riccardo Muti. Staging and Sets, Jean-Paul Scarpitta. Costumes, Maurizio Millenotti. Lighting, Anne-Claire Simar. Teatro dell’Opera 18.07.2013 (JB)
Anja Harteros, a Perfect Desdemona, but Not a Perfect Otello
Germany Verdi: Otello, Bayerische Staatsoper’s Orchestra and Chorus, Paolo Carignani (conductor), Munich Nationaltheater, 16.7.2013 (JMI)
Ray Chen’s Wigmore Hall Debut
United Kingdom Mozart, Brahms, Ysaÿe, and Saint-Saëns: Ray Chen (violin), Julien Quentin (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 16.7.2013 (MB)
PROM 9: An Imaginative, Alliterative Prom from Wales
United Kingdom PROM 9: Stenhammar, Szymanowski, and Strauss: Michael Weinius (tenor), BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 18.7.2013 (MB)
“A Fit Medicine for Melancholy”: Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream at Läckö
Sweden Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Soloists, Läckö Chamber Orchestra, Simon Phipps (conductor), Läckö Slottsopera, Läckö Castle, 13.07.2013 (NS)