Skip to content

Seen and Heard International

SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, BROADCASTS, AND THEATRE

Seen and Heard International

  • Home
  • Concerts
    • UK Concerts
    • International Concerts
  • Opera & Ballet
    • International Opera
    • UK Opera
    • Ballet and Dance Reviews
  • Broadcasts & Others
    • Broadcasts and Film
    • Musicals
    • Theatre
  • Articles & Interviews
    • Featured Articles and News
    • Interviews
    • News and Press Releases
    • Season Previews
  • Festivals
    • Festival 2020
    • Festival 2021
      • Aspen Music Festival 2021
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2021
      • Three Choirs Festival 2021
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2021
    • Festival 2022
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2022
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2022
      • Aspen Music Festival 2022
    • Festival 2023
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2023
      • Three Choirs Festival 2023
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2023
    • Festival 2024
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2024
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2024
      • Salzburg Festival 2024
    • Festival 2025
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2025
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2025
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Home
  • Concerts
    • UK Concerts
    • International Concerts
  • Opera & Ballet
    • International Opera
    • UK Opera
    • Ballet and Dance Reviews
  • Broadcasts & Others
    • Broadcasts and Film
    • Musicals
    • Theatre
  • Articles & Interviews
    • Featured Articles and News
    • Interviews
    • News and Press Releases
    • Season Previews
  • Festivals
    • Festival 2020
    • Festival 2021
      • Aspen Music Festival 2021
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2021
      • Three Choirs Festival 2021
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2021
    • Festival 2022
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2022
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2022
      • Aspen Music Festival 2022
    • Festival 2023
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2023
      • Three Choirs Festival 2023
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2023
    • Festival 2024
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2024
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2024
      • Salzburg Festival 2024
    • Festival 2025
      • BBC Promenade Concerts 2025
      • Edinburgh International Festival 2025
  • Contact
  • Donate

Concert Reviews

The complete list of posted concert reviews

EIF 22:Festival 2012 Ends With a Bang

06/02/201403/09/2012 by Stan

 

 

 

 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ives, Feldman, Walton: Neal Davies (baritone), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Robertson (conductor), Usher Hall, 01.09.2012 (SRT)

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Joyce DiDonato Debuts in Buenos Aires

27/01/201603/09/2012 by Stan

ArgentinaArgentina Obradors, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Hahn, Donaudy, Di Chiara: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) with David Zobel (piano), Mozarteum Argentino at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 27.8.2012. (JSJ)

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Buenos Aires, Jonathan Spencer Jones

EIF 21: Exhilaration and Darkness from Scottish Chamber Orchestra

06/02/201402/09/2012 by Stan







United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Alina Pogostkina (violin), Anja Kampe (soprano), Willard White (bass-baritone), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 31.8.2012 (SRT)

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Prom 64: Virtuoso Playing of Lutoslawski and Brahms

27/01/201402/09/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Lutosławski: Yefim Bronfman (piano); Berliner Philharmoniker/Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.8.2012. (CC)

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Colin Clarke, Jonathan Spencer Jones

Prom 63: Rattle Successfully Takes Berlin Phil out of their Comfort Zone

27/01/201431/08/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ligeti, Wagner, Sibelius, Debussy, Ravel: Berlin Philharmonic / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.8.12 (GDn)

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Gavin Dixon, London

Prom 57: Gatti and Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra on Fine Form

04/09/201228/08/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Wagner, Berg, Strauss, and Ravel: Frank-Peter Zimmermann (violin), Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.8.2012 (MB)

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

Impressive Brahms Performance from Jayson Gillham

06/02/201428/08/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy, Britten, Brahms: Jayson Gillham (piano), The Great Hall, Wellington School, Wellington, Somerset, 25.08.2012 (AB)

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Angela Boyd, Somerset

EIF 20: Purcell’s King Arthur in Concert

06/02/201428/08/2012 by Stan

 

 

 

 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Purcell: King Arthur (concert performance): The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27.8.2012. (SRT)

Read more

Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson
  • Page 1137 of 1289
  • <
  • 1
  • ...
  • 1132
  • 1133
  • 1134
  • 1135
  • 1136
  • 1137
  • 1138
  • 1139
  • 1140
  • 1141
  • ...
  • 1289
  • >
Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous Page1 … Page1,136 Page1,137 Page1,138 … Page1,289 Next →

SEARCH THE SITE

CHOOSE A WEEK TO VIEW

CHOOSE A MONTH TO VIEW

TOP 10 SEEN AND HEARD POSTS

  • Concerto Budapest continue to make a lot of people very happy as their tour reaches Cadogan Hall
  • Veronika Rovná gives a sensational performance in the lead role in Ostrava’s revival of Rusalka
  • Ostrava’s revival of Turandot is a magnificent triumph, highlighted by Iordanka Derilova in the title role  
  • Catalyst Quartet in ‘Against All Odds’, a program of resistance and reach
  • Exuberantly nuanced Die Csárdásfürstin in Bremerhaven
  • Alfred Walker and Brittany Renee head a powerful cast in the Met’s Porgy and Bess revival
  • English National Opera’s HMS Pinafore descends into crude, and often unfunny, pantomime 
  • Concerto Budapest gives Warwick Arts Centre’s audience a compelling second look at Shostakovich.
  • Utterly astonishing and hugely inspirational: Chelsea Opera Group’s 75th anniversary Macbeth
  • Tetelman and Miknevičiūtė are outstanding in the return of Fedora to Berlin after 95 years

RECENT COMMENTS

  • Wayne D Cox on English National Opera’s HMS Pinafore descends into crude, and often unfunny, pantomime 
  • Ghislaine stewart on Yuja Wang doubles down and Petr Popelka throws himself into the music with the Cleveland Orchestra
  • Jiří Zika on The Royal Opera’s new Rusalka is thought-provoking and achingly relevant in current times
  • Daniele Sahr on Mark Jordan in conversation with conductor Dalia Stasevska about her return to the Cleveland Orchestra
  • Libby Sheen on Frederick Ashton’s poetic view of Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations

SEEN AND HEARD'S RECENT REVIEWS

  • Concerto Budapest continue to make a lot of people very happy as their tour reaches Cadogan Hall (07/12/2025)
__________________________________
  • Veronika Rovná gives a sensational performance in the lead role in Ostrava’s revival of Rusalka (07/12/2025) __________________________________
  • Ostrava’s revival of Turandot is a magnificent triumph, highlighted by Iordanka Derilova in the title role   (06/12/2025) __________________________________
  • Catalyst Quartet in ‘Against All Odds’, a program of resistance and reach (06/12/2025) __________________________________
  • Exuberantly nuanced Die Csárdásfürstin in Bremerhaven (06/12/2025) __________________________________
  • Alfred Walker and Brittany Renee head a powerful cast in the Met’s Porgy and Bess revival (05/12/2025) __________________________________
  • English National Opera’s HMS Pinafore descends into crude, and often unfunny, pantomime  (05/12/2025) __________________________________
  • Concerto Budapest gives Warwick Arts Centre’s audience a compelling second look at Shostakovich. (05/12/2025) __________________________________
  • Utterly astonishing and hugely inspirational: Chelsea Opera Group’s 75th anniversary Macbeth (05/12/2025) __________________________________
  • Tetelman and Miknevičiūtė are outstanding in the return of Fedora to Berlin after 95 years (04/12/2025) __________________________________
  • World-class playing from Keller, Lewis and Concerto Budapest in Dublin (04/12/2025) __________________________________
  • Isata Kanneh-Mason brings a ray of freshness and light to Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto in Glasgow (03/12/2025) __________________________________
  • Ruda Lee and ANIMA Ensemble offer a vivid ‘Four Seasons’ concert at Carnegie Hall (03/12/2025) __________________________________
  • Earthshaking Piano Concerto from Fazil Say and the Philharmonia Orchestra (02/12/2025) __________________________________
  • A Rimsky-Korsakov rarity in Munich: The Night Before Christmas (02/12/2025) __________________________________
  • INTERVIEWS, ARTICLES, NEWS, AND SEASON PREVIEWS

    • Ballet Icons Gala 2026 celebrates 20 years at the London Coliseum on 15 February (02/12/2025)
    __________________________________
  • Illustrator and animator Grégoire Pont in conversation with Gregor Tassie (27/11/2025) __________________________________
  • Elgar’s The Kingdom with two choirs under David Temple at the Royal Festival Hall on 29 January (27/11/2025) __________________________________
  • Iván Fischer to receive the 2025 Concertgebouw Prize (27/11/2025) __________________________________
  • News of the Waterperry Opera Festival in 2026 (27/11/2025) __________________________________
  • Matthew Aucoin’s Song of the Reappeared premieres with the Chicago Symphony 4-7 December (21/11/2025) __________________________________
  • Winners of International Opera Awards 2025 announced (17/11/2025) __________________________________
  • Mark Jordan in conversation with conductor Dalia Stasevska about her return to the Cleveland Orchestra (13/11/2025) __________________________________
  • SF Opera announce Francesca Zambello’s Ring cycle returns in 2028 (12/11/2025) __________________________________
  • Podcast: Artificial Intelligence at Bayreuth – A discussion with Ring ‘Curator’ Marcus Lobbes (03/11/2025) __________________________________
  • Garsington Opera in 2026 (21/10/2025) __________________________________
  • Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero in conversation with Gregor Tassie (17/10/2025) __________________________________
  • R.I.P. Dr Len Mullenger (19 January 1942 – 30 September 2025) (05/10/2025) __________________________________
  • Briston Beacon orchestral concerts 2025-2026 (30/09/2025) __________________________________
  • English Touring Opera in 2025-26 (25/09/2025) __________________________________
  • Follow us

    Copyright © 2025 Seen and Heard International | All rights reserved |Privacy Policy
    We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.