Buxton’s Albert Herring Brings Out the Humour and Softens Britten’s Harsh Chords
11/07/2017
United Kingdom Buxton Festival 2017 [2] – Britten. Albert Herring: Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus, NCO Festival Orchestra / Justin Doyle (conductor), Buxton Festival 2017, Opera House, Buxton, 8.7.2017. (RJF)

Buxton Festival 2017’s Albert Herring (c) Robert Workman
A Dark and Sparse Buxton Macbeth Redeemed by Outstanding Singing
11/07/2017
United Kingdom Buxton Festival 2017 [1] – Verdi, Macbeth (original 1847 version): Soloists, Buxton Festival Chorus, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Barlow (conductor). Opera House, Buxton, 7.7.2017. (RJF)

Macbeth (Stephen Gadd) & Kate Ladner (Lady Macbeth) (c) Robert Workman
Aspen Music Festival 2017 (2): Conrad Tao Pushes Boundaries
11/07/2017
United States Aspen Music Festival 2017 [2] – Mozart, Schubert, Crockett, Latta, Sutermeister, Schumann, Lara, Boulez, Glass, Britten, Ravel, Brahms: Soloists, Aspen Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas McGegan (conductor), Aspen Festival Orchestra/Michael Stearn (conductor), Benedict Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO. 7-9.7.2017. (HS) Read more
Igniting the Blossom Festival, Welser-Möst Shows Skillful Balance
10/07/2017
United States Beethoven, Berlioz: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 8.7.2017. (MSJ) Read more
Aspen Music Festival 2017 (1): Enchantment in Different Guises
09/07/2017
United States Aspen Music Festival 2017 [1] – Mozart, Mahler, Kurtág, Dukas, Haydn, Ravel, Dvořák, J.S. Bach, Uebayashi, Ravel/Salzédo, Jongen, Bartók/Arma: Soloists, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Benedict Music Tent and Harris Hall, Aspen, CO. 2-6.7.2017. (HS) Read more
Three Contrasted Piano Trio Works in the Extraordinary, Ultra-Rococo Cuvilliés-Theater
08/07/2017
United Kingdom Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Brahms: Munich Piano Trio (Michael Arlt (violin), Gerhard Zank (cello), Donald Sulzen (piano)). Cuvilliés-Theater, Munich, 7.7.2017. (MB) Read more
Lohengrin with American protagonists in Bavarian Gasthaus
07/07/2017
Switzerland Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 4.3.2017. (JR)
Karen Gardeazabal Stars and Castiglione Brings a Sense of Antiquity to Taormina’s La bohème
06/07/2017
Italy Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Gaulitanus Choir (directed by Colin Attard), children’s choir (directed by Agnese Carrubba), Symphony Orchestra of the Grand Theatre of Lanzhou / Li Xincao (conductor). Live to Cineworld Basildon from the Ancient Theatre of Taormina, Italy, 5.7.2017. (JPr)