United Kingdom Berlin Staatsoper Festtage (1) – Falla and Ravel: Filarmonica della Scala, Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 6.4.2012 (MB)
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Wonderful Production of Wonderful Town
United Kingdom Leonard Bernstein: Wonderful Town, Connie Fisher (Ruth Sherwood), Singers, Ensemble, Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder, Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, Salford Quays, 4.4.2012 (MC)
The Gould Piano Trio in Czech Chamber Music
United Kingdom Dvořák, Janáček: Gould Piano Trio, Wigmore Hall, London. 3.4.2012 (RB)
Piano Music for Six Hands; The Shape of the Future?
United Kingdom Piano Triets, Severnside Composers’ Alliance Recital, Colston Hall 2, Bristol, 4.4.2012 (RJ)
Sicilian Blood and Thunder: Cavalleria Rusticana Returns Home
Italy Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana: in concert form, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia, James Conlon (conductor), Ciro Visco (chorus master), Rome, 4.4.2012 (JB)
Verdi’s Requiem from Gergiev and the Mariinsky Opera: A Messy Clash of Styles
United Kingdom Verdi, Requiem: Victoria Yastrebova (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzo-sorano), Sergey Semishkur (tenor), Ildar Abdrazkov (bass), Mariinsky Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican, London 4.4.2012 (Gdn)
Touring Barber of Seville Uplifts Despite Budget Restraints
United Kingdom Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of English Touring Opera, Timothy Carey (conductor), Theatre Royal, York, 3.4.2012 (JL)
Thirteen Years On Gergiev Returns with a Masterful Parsifal
United Kingdom Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Opera, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 3.4.2012. (JPr)