Opera North announces its 2011/2012 Season (RJF)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Opera North’s Beethoven and Janáček in Salford
Beethoven, Janáček: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North, The Lowry, Salford Quays. 17-21.5.2011 (RJF)
Ludwig Van Beethoven : Fidelio. (1814). Sung in German with English titles.
Leos Janáček (1928): From the House of the Dead . Sung in English with English titles
Così At The Seaside in Cardiff
Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Daniele Rustioni, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 20.5.2011 (GPu)
More ‘Mozart Unwrapped’ in London
Mozart: Cropper-Welsh-Roscoe Trio (Peter Cropper (violin), Moray Welsh (violoncello), Martin Roscoe (piano)). Hall One, Kings Place, London. 21.5.2011 (MB)
Mahler No 2: Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Explore the Cosmos
Mahler: Anja Harteros (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Mariss Jansons (conductor), Philharmonie, Gasteig, Munich, 13.5.2011. (MC)
Lang Lang uninspiring in Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky Trios
Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky: Lang Lang (piano); Vadim Repin (violin); Mischa Maisky (cello). Royal Festival Hall, 9.5.2011 (CC)
Audience goes wild at RSNO’s Naked Classics Haydn concert
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 “London”: Paul Rissmann (presenter), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 20.5.2011 ( SRT )
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a Boys’ School at ENO
Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Leo Hussain (conductor). Coliseum, London, 19.5.2011 (MB)