United Kingdom Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Gounod/Liszt, Brahms: Endellion String Quartet, Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 13.6.2014
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At the Palau de Les Arts: A Magnificent and Emotional Turandot
Puccini: Turandot, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 11.6.2014 (JMI) Cast: Turandot: Lise Lindstrom Calaf: Jorge de León Liú: Jessida Nuccio Timur: Alexander Tsymbalyuk Ping: Germán Olvera Pang: Valentino Buzza Pong: Pablo García López Mandarin: Ventseslav Anastasov Altoum: Javier Agulló Production: Palau de Les Arts Direction: … Read more
Chelsea Opera Group’s Excellent Revival of Rare Verdi
United Kingdom , Verdi Stiffelio Verdi Soloists, chorus and orchestra of Chelsea Opera Group, Brad Cohen (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 8.6.2014 (CC)
Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée as Entertaining and Delightful as Ever
United Kingdom Hérold, La Fille mal gardée (ballet music arranged and orchestrated by John Lanchbery): Dancers from the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, / Philip Ellis. (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 11.6.2014. (GR)
Don Carlo for the Italians in Buenos Aires
Argentina Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Choruses from Institute of Music of Avellaneda and Opera Studio Rosario, Municipality of Avellaneda Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: César Tello, Teatro Coliseo, Buenos Aires. 9.6.2014. (JSJ)
Great Singing in Missa Solemnis but Period Orchestra Lacks Cohesion
Dresden Music Festival 2014 Beethoven: Camilla Nylund (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano), Richard Croft (tenor) & Yorck Felix Speer (bass), Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Dresdner Festspielorchester/Ivor Bolton (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 8.6.2014. Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123 At last year’s Dresden Music Festival I attended a concert of Baroque music by the Dresdner Festspielorchester under Ivor Bolton at the … Read more
Tabea Zimmermann’s Prodigious Talent Showcased at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Bach, Kurtág, Reger, Hindemith: Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Wigmore Hall, London, 12.6.2014 (GDn)
Birmingham Royal Ballet Show D-day Stands for Dance
United Kingdom Darkness and Light – A Triple Bill of Dance based around the choreography of Sir Frederick Ashton: Artists of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis (conductor). The Birmingham Hippodrome, 4.6.2014 (GR)