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
Joyce DiDonato and Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s perspectives on Schubert’s Winterreise at Carnegie Hall
18/12/2019
United States Schubert, Winterreise: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Yannick Nézet-Séguin (piano). Carnegie Hall, New York, 15.12.2019. (RP)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (piano) and Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
© Chris Lee
From Sō Percussion, an astonishing New York survey of 100 years
18/12/2019
United States Beyer, Cage, Chávez, Lang, Reich, Trueman, Varèse, Wolfe, Xenakis: Sō Percussion (Eric Cha-Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski and Jason Treuting) and Friends. Zankel Hall, New York City, 7.12.2019. (DS)
Sō Percussion (c) Stefan Cohen
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In its own way, the Seven Words of Christ is just as sublime as the Stabat Mater. 
This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation. 
The pair exhibits a refined style on these illuminating performances. 
A deeply affecting experience that ought to win the opera many new admirers. 
A US opera union probe finds singer guilty of abusing power 
It's the singers who save this particular production of Verdi's opera 
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