Germany 2018 Munich Opera Festival [1] – Wagner, Parsifal: Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 1.7.2018. (JMI)
The Extraordinary Kirill Petrenko Leads a Dream Cast in a New Parsifal
Festival 2016
Time Stood Still and Stillness Reigned: Andreas Scholl in Recital
China Third Shanghai Baroque Festival – Dowland, Handel, Folk Songs: Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin Karamazov (lute), Shanghai Symphony Hall-Chamber Hall, Shanghai, 18.12.2016. (RP)
Connolly Provides a Real Buzz at the Launch of the 2017 Leeds Lieder Festival
United Kingdom Schumann, Ravel, Ireland, Gurney, Britten: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) and Joseph Middleton (pianist), Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds, 26.11.2016. (CF)
A Musically Pleasing but Uneven Performance in Bergamo of a Donizetti Rarity
Italy Donizetti, Olivo è Pasquale: Accademia Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, Donizetti Opera Chorus / Federico Maria Sardelli (conductor), Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, 26.11.2016. (JMI)
A Brilliant Performance of Donizetti’s Rosmonda d’Inghilterra at the Bergamo Festival
Italy Donizetti, Rosmonda d’Inghilterra: Donizetti Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Sebastiano Rolli (conductor), Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, 25.11.2016. (JMI)
A Compelling Production of Barber’s Seldom-Heard Vanessa
Ireland Barber, Vanessa: Wexford Festival Orchestra / Timothy Myers (conductor), O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford, 2.11.2016. (JMI)
Wexford Festival Continues to Attract Opera Lovers with Its Programme of Rarities
Ireland David, Herculanum: Wexford Opera Festival Orchestra and Chorus / Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor), O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 1.11.2016. (JMI)
Unanimity of Purpose in Grand Finale of Oxford’s Schumann Project
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schumann Project: Robert Schumann: Ailish Tynan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Sholto Kynoch and Bengt Forsberg (piano), St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 29.10.2016. (CR)