North Africa in myth and fantasy at NYC’s The Players Club
26/12/2019
United States Various composers, Carthage Conquer’d: Dreams of Tunis in the Baroque Imagination: Presented by Salon/Sanctuary Concerts, The Players Club, New York City, 12.12.2019. (CP)
Jessica Gould and musicians (c) Stephen Delas Heras.
In Philadelphia, Kavakos and the orchestra in profoundly imaginative Shostakovich
24/12/2019
United States Shostakovich, Wynton Marsalis: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra / Cristian Mâcelaru (conductor). Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 14.12.2019. (BJ)
Leonidas Kavakos (c) Marco Borggreve
The Creation makes a fine Christmas treat at Zurich Opera
23/12/2019
Switzerland Haydn, The Creation: Rebecca Bottone (soprano), Mauro Peter (tenor), Morgan Pearse (baritone), Orchestra La Scintilla / Riccardo Minasi (conductor). Zurich Opera House, 22.12.2019. (JR)
Riccardo Minasi
Constantin Trinks leads the VSO in Humperdinck and Tchaikovsky for the Christmas season
22/12/2019
Canada Humperdinck, Tchaikovsky: Kallie Claxton and Barb Towell (sopranos), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Constantin Trinks (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 7.12.2019. (GN)
Constantin Trinks © Marco Borggreve
Barenboim’s Beethoven: the most human of music gets the most human of performances in Berlin
22/12/2019
Germany Beethoven: Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 20.12.2019. (MB)
Daniel Barenboim © Pablo Castagnola
Gianandrea Noseda in fine debut with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
20/12/2019
Switzerland Dvořák, Ravel, R. Strauss: Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 19.12.2019. (JR)
Gianandrea Noseda (c) Steve Sherman
In Chicago, Renée Fleming shines in The Light in the Piazza
20/12/2019
United States Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas, The Light in the Piazza: Soloists, Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago / Kimberly Grigsby (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, 14.12.2019. (JLZ)
Renée Fleming in The Light in the Piazza (c) Liz Lauren
The Prégardiens and Collegium Vocale Gent bring (most of) Bach’s Christmas Oratorio to Zurich
18/12/2019
Switzerland J.S. Bach: Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Julian Prégardien (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent / Christoph Prégardien (conductor). Tonhalle Maag, Zürich, 17.12.2019. (JR)
Christoph Prégardien
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