United States Handel, Purcell, Bach, Vivaldi, D. Scarlatti: Anthony Roth Costanzo (countertenor), Bradley Brookshire (harpsichord), Jared Angle (dancer), Troy Schumacher (choreography), Salon/Sanctuary Concerts, The Player’s Club, New York, 28.9.2012 (SSM)
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Warhorses for Baritone and Orchestra
India Warhorses for Baritone and Orchestra :Anooshah Golesorkhi (baritone); Symphony Orchestra of India, Zane Dalal (conductor).Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, 30.9.2012 (JSM).
Opposites Attract in Birmingham Royal Ballet Triple Bill
United Kingdom Opposites Attract: A triple bill of dance comprising Take Five (music/The Dave Brubeck Quartet; choreography/David Bintley) Lyric Pieces (music/Edvard Grieg; choreography/Jessica Lang) and Grosse Fuge (music/Beethoven; choreography/Hans Van Manen): Artists of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 26.9.2012. (GR)
The OAE Presents Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers
United Kingdom Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers: Three eras of divas – Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano), Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.9.2012. (JPr)
Regal Stemme Impresses in First Instalment of Runnicles’ Tristan
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Wagner: Soloists, RSNO Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30.09.2012 (SRT)
Jenufa in Zurich: an Auspicious Start to a New Era
Switzerland Janacek: Jenufa: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich and Chorus of Zurich Opera (chorus master Ernst Raffelsberger), Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, 30.9.12 (JR)
Mozart Playing of Distinction from Höbarth and Tomes
United Kingdom Mozart:Erich Höbarth (violin), Susan Tomes (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 30.9.2012 (MB)
BBC Philharmonic in All Wagner Programme
United Kingdom Wagner: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Juanjo Mena (conductor), Brigitte Hahn (soprano). Bridgewater hall, Manchester, 29.9.2012. (MC)