Germany Schubert, Wolf, and Schumann: René Pape (bass), Daniel Barenboim (piano). Schiller Theater, Berlin, 8.4.2012 (MB)
Stan
Auber’s Bronze Horse Fails to Justify Wagner’s Esteem
Germany Auber, Le Cheval de bronze: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin, Maurizio Barbacini (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 7.4.2012 (MB)
Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Rock Carnegie Hall
United States American Mavericks: Soloists, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium and Zankel Hall), New York City. 27-30.3.2012 (BH)
Intimate “Eroica” by McGegan and the Pasadena Symphony at Ambassador
United States Mendelssohn, Mozart, Beethoven: Nareh Arghamanayan (piano), Pasadena Symphony, Nicholas McGegan (conductor), Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena (California), 30.3.2012 (LV)
Gerard Schwarz Returns with a Characteristic Program
United States Mozart and Mahler: John Lill (piano), Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 7.4.2012 (BJ)
Rehabilitating Katerina: Graham Vick’s Lady Macbeth in Gothenburg
Sweden Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Gothenburg Opera, Finn Rosengren (conductor),Gothenburg, 24.3.2012 (NS)
A Passion to Inspire from Ex Cathedra
United Kingdom J S Bach, St John Passion, BVW 245: Ex Cathedra Choir, Academy, Soloists and Baroque Orchestra, Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 5.4.2012 (GR).
Further Thoughts on the Mariinsky Opera’s Parsifal
United Kingdom Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Opera, Ex Cathedra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 6.4.2012. (RJ)