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)
Festivals
Lohengrin with American protagonists in Bavarian Gasthaus
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
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)
Grange Park Opera Displays its Compelling Die Walküre in its New West Horsley Home
United Kingdom Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Stephen Barlow (conductor), Grange Park Opera, West Horsley Place, Surrey, 1.7.2017. (JPr)
Finely Produced and Performed Il turco in Italia at Garsington Opera
United Kingdom Rossini, Il turco in Italia: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / David Parry, Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 29.6.2016. (CR)
Talmi’s New Clarinet Quintet and a Perfect Beethoven Tempo at the Montréal Chamber Music Festival
Canada Dvořák, Beethoven, Talmi: Israeli Chamber Project (Alon Goldstein and Yoav Talmi, pianos; Tibi Cziger, clarinet; Yehonatan and Carmit Zori, violins; Nitai Zori, viola; Michal Korman, cello), Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montréal, 15.6.2017. (LV)
At the Montréal Chamber Music Festival, Transcendence from Brott and Lisiecki
Canada Bach, Beethoven, Chopin: Denis Brott (cello), Jan Lisiecki (piano), Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montréal, 13.6.2017. (LV)
Lise Davidsen is imperious in Katharina Thoma’s comic and profound Ariadne auf Naxos
United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival 2017 [1] – Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Glyndebourne, East Sussex. 25.6.2017. (JPr)
