United States 2018 Tanglewood – Brahms and Shostakovich: Rudoph Buchbinder (Piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, MA, 8.7.2018. (CSa)
A Joyous Tanglewood Concert for Dark Times
Festival 2018
A Spectacular Audio-Visual New Work Helps to Launch the 2018 BBC Proms
United Kingdom Prom 1 – Knussen, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Meredith: National Youth Choir of Great Britain, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Proms Youth Ensemble, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.7.2018. (CC)
National Youth Choir of Great Britain & Sakari Oramo (conductor) (c) Chris Christodoulou
Buxton’s Singers Take Up the Challenge of the Considerable Demands of Idomeneo
United Kingdom 2018 Buxton International Festival [2] – Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Kok (conductor). Opera House, Buxton, 8.7.2018. (RJF)
Cecilia Violetta López Is Irresistible in Opera Saratoga’s The Merry Widow
United States 2018 Opera Saratoga Summer Festival [3] – Lehár, The Merry Widow: Soloists and The Opera Saratoga Orchestra and Chorus / Anthony Barrese (conductor), Opera Saratoga, The Spa Little Theater, Saratoga Springs, 8.7.2018. (RP)
Buxton’s Brave Effort to Stage British Premiere of Verdi’s 1846 Alzira
United Kingdom 2018 Buxton International Festival – Verdi’s Alzira: Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Barlow (conductor). Opera House, Buxton, 7.7.2018. (RJF)
To This We’ve Come – Opera Saratoga Unleashes the Power of The Consul
United States 2018 Opera Saratoga Summer Festival [2] – Menotti, The Consul: Soloists and The Opera Saratoga Orchestra / Andrew Bisantz (conductor), Opera Saratoga, The Spa Little Theater, Saratoga Springs, 7.7.2018. (RP)
© Gary David Gold
A Cleveland Favorite for Blossom’s Opening Night
United States 2018 Blossom Music Festival [1] – Beethoven, Mussorgsky: Stephen Rose (violin), Mark Kosower (cello), Joela Jones (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Jahja Ling (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 7.7.2018. (MSJ)
& Mark Kosower (cello) (c) Roger Mastroianni
A Twenty-First Century Double Bill of Tales of Luck, Obsession and Greed
United States 2018 Opera Saratoga Summer Festival [1] – Little, Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera; Williams, Rocking Horse Winner: Soloists and The Opera Saratoga Orchestra / David Alan Miller (conductor), Opera Saratoga, The Spa Little Theater, Saratoga Springs, 6.7.2018. (RP)
(c) Gary David Gold