Concert Reviews

The complete list of posted concert reviews

At the Lerici Music Festival, Sir Bryn Terfel confirms he is the Falstaff of today

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ItalyItaly Lerici Music Festival’s Sir John and Sir Bryn – Verdi, Falstaff (excerpts, concert performance): Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) and soloists, Orchestra della Magna Grecia / Gianluca Marcianò (conductor). Teatro all’Aperto della Rotonda Vassallo, 6.8.2022 (CC)

Benjamin Cho, Sir Bryn Terfel, Gianluca Marcianò and Orchestra della Magna Grecia

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Boesch and Martineau in Edinburgh make a case for Winterreise as the greatest work of art ever

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [7] – Schubert: Florian Boesch (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Queen’s Hall, 19.8.2022. (SRT)

Malcolm Martineau accompanies baritone Florian Boesch in Granada in 2021 © Fermin Rodríguez

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One Night, Two Concerts: Payare’s two very different OSM programmes, two different audiences

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CanadaCanada |One Night, Two Concerts: The OSM and Rafael Payare: Sergio Tiempo (piano), James Ehnes (violin), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal / Rafael Payare (conductor). Maison symphonique, Montréal, Canada, 6.30pm and 8.15pm, 12.8.2022 (CC)

Rafael Payare © Antoine Saito

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A joyous – if sonically challenged – evening with the OSM at Olympic Park

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CanadaCanada The Many Colours of the Americas: The OSM at Olympic Park: Montréal Natasha Kanapé Fontaine (author), Jeremy Dutcher (singer), Jeanine De Bique (soprano), Pacho Flores (trumpets). Orchestre symphonique de Montréal / Rafael Payare (conductor). Olympic Park, Montréal, 10.8.2022. (CC)

Pacho Flores (trumpet) with the OSM conducted by Rafael Payare © Antoine Saito

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