United Kingdom RNCM Chamber Music Festival, Manchester 11th-13th January 2013
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Anything Goes in Los Angeles
United States Cole Porter, Anything Goes: Roundabout Theatre’s 1987 production, Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles , 21.12.2012. (JRo)
Promising But a Little Tipsy: Don Chisciotte in Rome
Italy Minkus /Petipa / Gorsky, Don Chisciotte: Rome Opera Ballet. Director, Micha van Hoecke. Orchestra dell Teatro dell’ Opera, Roma. Conductor, Nir Kabaretti. Choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky, rehearsed by Mikhail Messerer. Sets by Francesco Zitto with Antonella Conte. Costumes by Francesco Zito. Lighting: Agostino Angelini. Teatro dell’ Opera Rome. 22.12.2012 (JB)
New York Philharmonic’s Messiah Done Just Right
United States Handel, Messiah: Layla Claire (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Kenneth Tarver, (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass), The New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt (director), The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Gary Thor Wedow (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York 18-22.12.2012 (SSM)
Hymel is Devilishly Good in Lead Role in Meyerbeer’s Robert
United Kingdom Meyerbeer, Robert le Diable: Soloist, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Daniel Oren (conductor). 18.12.2012
Harold in Italy – but Without His Orchestra!
United Kingdom Weber, Berlioz, and Brahms: Gérard Caussé (viola), Michel Dalberto (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 19.12.2012 (MB)
Old and New Worlds Come Together in Cardiff
United Kingdom Ives, Mozart, Dvořák: Christian Ihle Hadland (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Nicholas Collon (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 19.12.2012 (PCG)
Rameau Turns French Opera Topsy-Turvy
United States Rameau: “Demons and Monsters: The Theatrical Orchestra of Jean-Phillipe Rameau,” Robert Mealy (violin and director), Mary Feminear, Pureum Jo (sopranos), John Brancy (baritone), Davone Tines (Bass-baritone), Juilliard415 (orchestra), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 14.12.2012 (SSM)