Belgium Wagner, Parsifal: soloists, Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, and Children’s Chorus of the Flemish Opera, Eliahu Inbal (conductor), Opera House, Antwerp, 3.4.2013 (BJ)
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Majestic Bruckner from Dohnányi and the Tonhalle
Switzerland Sibelius, Bruckner: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor)11.4.2013 (JR)
Vesselina Kasarova Debuts In Buenos Aires
Argentina Mozarteum Argentino – Müller, Mozart, Haydn, Rossini: Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano), Camerata Bern, Florian Donderer (director/violin). Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 8.4.2013. (JSJ)
Imaginative Reworking of Two Stravinsky Ballets
United Kingdom Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring & Petrushka: Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre in collaboration with Sadlers Wells, Lidija Bizjak and Sanja Bizjak (piano), Sadler’s Wells, London, 12.4.2013 . (JOD)
Fine Performances from Williams, Søndergård and BBC NOW
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Nielsen: Llŷr Williams (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 12.4.2013 (PCG)
You Don’t (Des) Say
United States Handel, Giulio Cesare: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Harry Bicket (conductor). Lincoln Center, New York, 9.4.2013. (SSM)
Conviction by a Sleight of Hand: Samson et Dalila
Italy Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Rome, 9.4.2013. (JB)
A Superb Account of Tippett’s Fourth Symphony
United Kingdom Lloyd, Brahms, Tippett: Stephen Hough (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), The Barbican, London, 12.4.2013 (GDn)