Spain Rossini: Il Turco in Italia, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus / Víctor Pablo Pérez (conductor). Barcelona’s Liceu, 4.6.2013. (JMI)
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A Well Sung Tosca, Unmoored from History
United States Puccini, Tosca: LA Opera, Placido Domingo (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 18.5.2013-8.6.2013 (JRo)
Czech Conductor’s Return Offers Stylistic Sympathy
United States Smetana, Beethoven, and Dvořák: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Seattle Symphony, Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 30.5.2013 (BJ)
Wozzeck in Madrid: Better the Last Time
Spain Berg: Wozzeck, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 3.6.2013 (JMI).
Elisabeth Leonskaja: More Disappointing than Enlightening
United Kingdom Ravel, Enescu, Debussy, Brahms: Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 5.6.2013 (MB)
Robert Beattie Interviews Jacques Imbrailo
United Kingdom Robert Beattie Interviews Jacques Imbrailo
BRB Magic and the Original ‘Living Doll’
United Kingdom Léo Delibes, Coppélia: Dancers from the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor). Birmingham Hippodrome, 4.6.2013. (GR)
Dance within a Downward Trajectory
United Kingdom Clark/Willson, Zero: Clod Ensemble, Sadler’s Wells, London, 4.6.2013. (JO’D)