Sweden Puccini Turandot. Soloists, Royal Swedish Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, 16.2.2013. Premiere. (GF)
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Orchestre de Paris Plays Russian Music
France Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Orchestre de Paris, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Salle Pleyel, Paris, 13.2.2013 (SRT)
Sensual and Brilliant Alice Coote in Donizetti’s La Favorite
United Kingdom Donizetti, La Favorite: Soloists, Orchestre National de France, Choeur de Radio France, Choeur du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor), Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris,12.2.2013 (SRT)
Spectacular Performance of Khovanshchina in Paris
United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opéra National de Paris, Michail Jurowski (conductor), Opéra Bastille, Paris, 9.2.2013 (SRT)
Fascinating Double Bill at Palais Garnier
France Zemlinsky, Ravel: L’Enfant et les Sortilèges: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opéra National de Paris, Paul Daniel (conductor), Opéra Garnier, Paris, 11.2.2013 (SRT)
Copley’s Boheme Continues to Satisfy 40 Years On
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Alexander Joel (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 16.2.2013 (MB)
Masterful Rachmaninoff from Simon Trpčeski
United Kingdom Rachmaninoff, Simon Trpčeski (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikhail Agrest (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London. 15.2.2013 (CD)
Great Singing in ENO’s Monstrously Camp Médée
United Kingdom Charpentier, Médée: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Christian Curnyn (conductor). The Coliseum, London, 15.3.2013 (MB)