United Kingdom Beauty and the Beast: Ballet performed by dancers from the Birmingham Royal Ballet, with music by Glenn Buhr, Choreography by David Bintley, Designs by Philip Prowse and Lighting by Mark Jonathan, with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy (Conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 28. 9. 2011 (GR).
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Renée Fleming in SFO’s Lucrezia Borgia: Production Could Use Harder Edge
United States Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia: Soloists, orchestra and chorus, San Francisco Opera, Riccardo Frizza (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 29.9.2011 (HS)
Interesting Choral Concert in Cardiff Fails to Satisfy Completely.
United Kingdom Adams, Beethoven: Rebecca Evans (soprano), Hanne Fischer (mezzo), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), BBC National Chorus of Wales, Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Choristers of Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester Cathedrals, Sound Intermedia, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thierry Fischer (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff 30.9.2011.(GP)
RSNO Begins Exploration Of Scotland’s Links With France Aided By Nicola Benedetti
United Kingdom Debussy, Bruch, Waksman: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Members of the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30.09.2011 (SRT)
A B-Z of Composers
United States Zappa, Dutilleux and Beethoven: Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall,Seattle, 24.9.2011
Stravinsky, Gershwin and Varèse: Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall,Seattle, 29.9.2011 (BJ)
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Fine Form
United Kingdom Weber, Mozart, Mendelssohn: Robert Levin (piano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Charles Hazelwood. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. 29 September 2011 (RB)
Maazel’s London Mahler Cycle: The Long Goodbye!
United Kingdom Mahler: Stefan Vinke (tenor), Alice Coote (mezzo soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Lorin Maazel. Royal Festival Hall,London, 29.9.11. (JPr)
International Master Class Students Demonstrate Heartbreaking Poetry, Passion and Beauty.
Poland Gniezno Students Concert: Sara Aasen (coloratura soprano); Iwona Pręntka, Christiane Schlüter, Marisa Amman (sopranos); Mateusz Drozda (basso); Barbara Malcolm, Anna Środecka, Anya Muston (violins); Dominikus Burghart and Szymon Musioł (pianos). Gniezno (Poland), Gniezno Music School, 5.9.2011 (LV)