United Kingdom Bartók, Janáček, Berg: Emerson String Quartet, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 27.2.2013 (GDn)
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Hamburg’s New Traviata Goes To The Heart
Germany Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera, Patrick Lange (conductor). Hamburg State Opera 23.3.2013 (GF)
Orchestra Overwhelms Scottish Opera’s Werther
United Kingdom Massenet, Werther: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Francesco Corti (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 26.2.2012 (SRT)
Ten Productions Feature in 2013-2014 Met Live Season
Ten Productions Feature in 2013-2014 Met Live Season
The Heirs of Tantalus: A Pasticcio of Blood and Song
United States Handel, Monteverdi, A. Scarlatti: The Heirs of Tantalus: The Broad Street Ballroom, New York, 22.2.2013. (SSM)
Searing “Rite” Signals a New Era
United States Frank, Ravel, Stravinsky: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 22.2.2013 (BH)
An Intoxicatingly Beautiful, Richly Human Bohème
United States Puccini, La Bohème: Seattle Opera, McCaw Hall, Seattle, 23 & *24.2.2013 (BJ)
Changing Class, Complicit Society—and That Sex Scene
United States Adès, Powder Her Face: Soloists, New York City Opera Orchestra, Jonathan Stockhammer (conductor), New York City Opera, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, 17.2.2013 (DA)