Switzerland Lucerne Festival: Haydn, Mahler: The Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor) Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne (KKL) 20.8.2015 (JR)
Festivals
The Unhappy Deception at the Rossini Opera Festival
Italy Rossini Opera Festival (3): L’Inganno Felice: Orchestra Sinfonica G Rossini, Conductor, Denis Vlasenko. Stage Director, Graham Vick (his 1994 staging) with sets and costumes of Richard Hudson and Projections of Matthew Richardson. Teatro Rossini, Pesaro 15.8.2015 (JB)
c Giacomo Mariotti
Christine Brewer Lavishes Affection on American Songs
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (17) – Schubert, Clara Schumann, Joseph Marx, Strauss, American composers: Christine Brewer (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano), Queen’s Hall, 22.8.2015. (SRT)
Flagship Mahler Dance Event from Ballet am Rhein
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (16) – Mahler, Seven : Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Wen-Pin Chien (conductor), Playhouse, 20.8.2015. (SRT)
c Gert Weigelt
Leonskaja and Dutoit on Form in Mozart Shostakovich Prom
United Kingdom Debussy, Mozart,l Shostakovich: Elizabeth Leonskaja (piano), Royal Phiilharmonic Orchestra / Charles Dutoit (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.8.2015. (GD)
c BBC/Sarah Jeynes
Lighthearted A Capella Jazz on the Edinburgh Fringe
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 (2) – The Oxford Gargoyles: C Venues, Edinburgh, 15.8.2015 (SRT)
Aspen 14: Singing Prevails in Madcap Così
United States Aspen Music Festival (14): Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Jane Glover (conductor), James Robinson (director). Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado. 19.8.2015 (HS)
Today’s Young People Enjoy Performing Sullivan’s Music
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance: Soloists and Chorus of the Gilbert & Sullivan Festival Youth Production / Andrew Nicklin (Musical Director), Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate, 15.8.2015 (RJW)
