United Kingdom Puccini, La Bohème: (New Production): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 1.6.2012 (GPu)
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Bravo Bartók: James Ehnes and Friends in Montreal
Canada Bartók: Bravo Bartók!, James Ehnes and Friends, James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano), James Ehnes String Quartet, Montreal Chamber Music Festival, St. George’s Church, Montreal, 28.5.2012 (SSM)
Back-to-Basics Carmen in Tallinn
Estonia Bizet, Carmen: Estonian National Opera, Arvo Volmer (conductor), Tallinn, 23.5.2012 (GF)
Superb Swedish Singers in Brand New Concert Hall
Sweden Anders Zorn Concert: soloists including Anna Larsson (contralto), Mattias Böhm (piano), Vattnäs Concert Barn, Dalecarlia, Sweden, 19.5.2012. (GF)
Two Notable World Premieres at English Music Festival
United Kingdom Parry, Matthew Curtis, Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Delius, Moeran/Yates: Mark Bebbington (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates (conductor), English Music Festival, Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, 1.6.2012.(RJ)
Young Violinist Plays Bach with Panache and Authority
United Kingdom Mozart, Bach, Barber, Tchaikovsky: Callum Smart (violin), European Union Chamber Orchestra / Hans-Peter Hoffman (director), Guildhall, Plymouth, 1.6. 2012 (PRB)
Impressive Music Making by Christian Lindberg and a Student Orchestra
United Kingdom Lindberg, Stravinsky, Gershwin: Viviana Mologni (timpani, soprano), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Wind Orchestra, Christian Lindberg (conductor), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 30.5.2012 (GPu)
Scottish Opera’s Tosca Continues to Excite
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Scottish Opera/ Francesco Corti (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 31.5.2012 (SRT)