Germany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski (conductor) Philharmonie Berlin, 15.3.2013. (JPr)
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Vienna Festival Ballet Entrances with Sleeping Beauty
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty: Dancers and Orchestra (recorded) of Vienna Festival Ballet, Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 16.3.2013. (RJ)
Striking a Blow (or Two) for English Music
United States Tippett, Bruch, and Elgar: Michael Francis (conductor), Vadim Gluzman (violin), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 14.3.2013 (BJ)
Dangerous Games: The Dance Theatrics of Wim Vandekeybus
United States Wim Vandekeybus, What the Body Does Not Remember: Ultima Vez, Royce Hall UCLA, Los Angeles 15.3.2013-16.3.2013
Dante’s Inferno Inspires Exciting Zandonai Opera
Zandonai, Francesca da Rimini: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York/Marco Armilliato (conductor). Transmitted live from New York to Barbican Cinema One, London. 16.03.2013 (CC)
Glorious Playing from an Elite String Quartet
Germany Mozart, Janáček and Haydn: Emerson Quartet [Philip Setzer (violin), Eugene Drucker (violin), Lawrence Dutton (viola) & David Finckel (cello)], Hercules Hall, Munich, 12.3.2013
Effective Poulenc, Disappointing Purcell from Opera North
United Kingdom Poulenc, Purcell: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North/ Wyn Davies (conductor). The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 12-16.3.2013. (RJF)
Gimmicks Fail to Liven Up Mozart’s Clemenza
United Kingdom Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito (1791) sung in Italian with English surtitles: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North / Douglas Boyd (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 12-16.3.2013. (RJF)