Donizetti, Anna Bolena: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Patrick Summers (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 6.12.2014 (JLZ)
© Todd Rosenberg Photography 2014
A Triumphant Anna Bolena with Consummate Style
© Todd Rosenberg Photography 2014
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© Todd Rosenberg Photography 2014
Chamber Classics Unwrapped Ends with Infectious Joy
United Kingdom Dvořák, Schubert. Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble [Tomo Keller (violin), Jennifer Godson (violin), Robert Smissen (viola), Fiona Bonds (viola), Stephen Orton (cello), John Heley (cello)] Hall One, King’s Place, London, 13.12.2014 (LB)
Convincing Monteverdi Performance in Dartington Great Hall
United Kingdom Monteverdi: Elizabeth Drury and Louise Prickett sopranos), James Way and Peter Wilman (tenors), James Armitage (counter tenor), Julian Rippon and Matthew Cann (baritones), Dartington Community Choir, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Members of Devon Baroque / Jonathan Watts (conductor) The Great Hall, Dartington, 14.12.2014 (PRB)
A Moving Meistersinger from the Met
United States Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / James Levine (conductor). Broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 13.12.2014. (JPr)
A “Denkvoll” Recital with an Unconventional Essay
United States Haydn, Janáček, Schubert, Mozart, and Beethoven (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.12.2014 (BJ)
A Less than Earth-Shattering Messiah
United Kingdom Handel, Messiah: Sophie Bevan (soprano); Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano); John Mark Ainsley (tenor); Ashley Roches (baritone); Chorus and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robert Howarth (director). Barbican Hall, London, 9.12.2014 (CC)
An Inexhaustible Source of Superb Quartets
United States Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Brahms: Dover Quartet, Roberto Diaz (viola), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 9.12.2014 (BJ)
The Philadelphia Orchestra Makes Amends to Brahms
United States Brahms, Haydn, and Strauss: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 6.12.2014 (BJ)