United States Handel, Rameau, Mozart: Music of the Baroque / Marc Minkowski (conductor). Harris Theater, Chicago, 25.1.2025. (ZC)
Minkowski and Music of the Baroque take a leap from Baroque to Classical with ‘Jupiter’ and Les Boréades
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
Ryan Speedo Green scores a knockout with his Carnegie Hall recital debut
United States Various: Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone), Adam Nielsen (piano). Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 22.1.2025. (RP)
An almost Italian evening with Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall
United States Bellini, Verdi, Tchaikovsky: Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 21.1.2025. (ES-S)
Stunning recital by Lisette Oropesa in Hamburg
Germany THE ART OF Lisette Oropesa: Lisette Oropesa, (soprano), Alessandro Praticò (piano). Staatsoper Hamburg, 18.1.2025. (DM-D)
Alisa Weilerstein brings to Carnegie Hall the FRAGMENTS 2 experience
United States FRAGMENTS 2: Alisa Weilerstein (project creator & cello). Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 21.1.2025. (RP)
Bryn Terfel conducts his first masterclass in Carnegie Hall’s SongStudio reboot
United States SongStudio 2025: Various, Anthony Roth Costanzo (Creative Advisor), Renée Fleming (soprano), Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Hartmut Höll (piano). Carnegie Hall, New York, 13-19.1.2025. (RP)
NSO’s memorable Shostakovich Seventh Symphony performance in Dublin
Ireland Rachmaninov, Shostakovich: Lise de la Salle (piano), National Symphony Orchestra / Diego Maltheuz (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 17.1.2025. (RB)
John Adams’s new piano concerto sashays with flair in world premiere with the San Francisco Symphony
United States Ives, Adams, Orff: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Susanna Phillips (soprano), Arnold Livingston Geis (tenor), Will Liverman (baritone), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (director: Jenny Wong), San Francisco Girls Chorus (director: Valérie Saint-Agathe), San Francisco Symphony / David Robertson (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 16.1.2025. (HS)
