New Zealand Gigout, Mozart, Saint-Saëns: Christina Ellison (soprano), Shiddharth Chand (tenor), Nicholas Forbes (organ), Anna Kexin Zhang (flute), Harrison Chau (Harp), Auckland Youth Orchestra / Antun Poljanich (conductor). Anglican Church, Whangarei, New Zealand, 18.6.2022. (PSe)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Excellent Wigmore Hall Acis and Galatea from Christopher Purves, John Butt and the Dunedin Consort
United Kingdom Handel, Acis and Galatea HWV49: Dunedin Consort / John Butt (conductor), Wigmore Hall, London, 24.6.2022. (AK)
Outstanding concert version of Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
United States Verdi, Un ballo in maschera (concert version): Soloists, Chorus and Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (conductor). Symphony Center, Chicago, 25.6.2022. (JLZ)
The Vienna Chamber Orchestra and a troupe of fun-loving virtuosos at the Festival de Música dos Capuchos
Portugal Festival de Música dos Capuchos – Mozart, Haydn: Diana Tishchenko (violin), Gérard Caussé (viola), Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello), Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano), Vienna Chamber Orchestra / Victor Julien-Laferrière (conductor). Watched on private video feeds provided by the Festival from the Grande Auditório Universidade Nova FCT (Caparica), Almada, Portugal, 17 & 18.6.2022. (LV)
Technically impressive and touching, Insula’s Mozart, une journée particulière indeed is a special day
France Insula Orchestra’s Mozart, une journée particulière: Soloists, Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). La Seine Musicale, Paris, France, 23.6.2022. (CC)
Much to admire in Parsifal from Opera North despite staging and casting missteps
United Kingdom Wagner, Parsifal: Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Richard Farnes (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.6.2022. (JPr)
Sonic richness and depth from Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony
United States Stucky, Adams, Sibelius: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 23.6.2022. (HS)
Cressida Sharp saves the day in Carmina Burana, closing Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich’s season
Switzerland Orff, Carmina Burana: Cressida Sharp (soprano), Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor), Russell Braun (baritone), Zürcher Sing-Akademie (chorus master: Florian Helgath), Zürcher Sängerknaben (chorus masters: Konrad von Aarburg and Alphons von Aarburg), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tonhalle, Zurich, 23.6.2022. (JR)