United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Capriccio: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor) Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 3.6.2018. (CR)
Garsington Gives Stimulating Performance of Strauss’s Capriccio
Festivals
Garsington’s Die Zauberflöte is More Rewarding Vocally than Theatrically
United Kingdom Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Christian Curnyn (conductor), Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 2.6.2018. (CR)
Ivor Bolton and the Dresdner Festspielorchester’s Brahms Generates a Festive Quality
Germany Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2018 [10] – Brahms: Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Dresdner Festspielorchester / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 21.5.2018. (MC)
An Entertaining Concert with Some Very Fine Playing from RSNO and Nicola Benedetti
Germany Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2018 [9] – Britten, Bernstein, Brahms: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Peter Oundjian, Kulturpalast, Dresden, 20.5.2018. (MC)
A Mass for a Deeply Dispiriting Time
United States Bernstein, Mass: Kevin Vortman (tenor), May Festival Chorus, Cincinnati Youth Chorus, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Robert Porco (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio. 19.5.2018. (RDA)
An Impressive Opening Night Butterfly at the 2018 Glyndebourne Festival
United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2018 [1] – Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus (chorus master: Nicholas Jenkins), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Omer Weir Wellber (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, 19.5.2018. (MB)
This Concert of Prokofiev and Mahler by the Concertgebouw Will Lodge Resolutely in the Memory
Germany Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2018 [6] – Prokofiev, Mahler: Daniil Trifonov (piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor), Kulturpalast, Dresden, Germany 16.5.2018. (MC)
(c) Oliver Killig
It was a Privilege Having the Opportunity to See and Hear a Trio of Maiskys
Germany Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2018 [5] ‘Cellomania’ – Rachmaninov, Shostakovich: Sascha Maisky (violin), Mischa Maisky (cello) and Lily Maisky (piano), Kulturpalast, Dresden, Germany 15.5.2018. (MC)
