Newsletter – Seen and Heard International

ENO is back doing what it does best: Phelim McDermott’s astonishingly effective production of Satyagraha

04/11/202118/10/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Glass, Satyagraha (sung in Sanskrit): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Carolyn Kuan (conductor). London Coliseum, London, 16.10.2021. (CC)

(l-r) James Cleverton, Verity Wingate, Gabriella Cassidy, Sean Panikkar, William Thomas, Felicity Buckland (c) Tristram Kenton

Yoncheva and Calleja star in Zurich Opera’s revival of Carsen’s production of Tosca

04/11/202118/10/2021 by John Rhodes

Joseph Calleja (Cavaradossi) (c) Monika Rittershaus

Switzerland Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Children’s Choir of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Paolo Carignani (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich, 17.10.2021. (JR)

Thomas Zehetmair brings out world-class musicianship from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

04/11/202118/10/2021 by Gregor Tassie

United Kingdom Bach, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Haydn: Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Thomas Zehetmair (soloist/conductor), City Halls, Glasgow, 15.10.2021. (GT)

Thomas Zehetmair (violinist/conductor) (c) Wolfgang Schmidt

Quatuor Ebène’s superb Wigmore Hall concert has masterly Janáček as its peak

04/11/202118/10/2021 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Haydn, Janáček, and Schumann: Quatuor Ebène (Pierre Colombet, Gabriel Le Magadure [violins], Marie Chilemme [viola], Raphaël Merlin [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 15.10.2021. (MB)

Dunedin Consort’s season of in-person concerts restarts with a programme partly inspired by COP-26

04/11/202117/10/2021 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Purcell, Johnson, Grieg, Hammond, Holten, MacMillan: Dunedin Consort / Grete Pedersen (conductor). Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 15.10.2021. (SRT)

Dunedin Consort at Edinburgh’s Greyfriars Kirk (c) Tommy Stack

A stirring Brahms Requiem at Zurich’s New Tonhalle

04/11/202117/10/2021 by AUTHOR

Switzerland Brahms: Susanne Langbein (soprano), Detlef Roth (baritone), Der Gemischte Chor Zürich, Capriccio Barockorchester / Joachim Krause (conductor). Tonhalle Zürich, 14.10.2021. (GA)

Der Gemischte Chor Zürich at the new Tonhalle

Elza van den Heever, Matthew Ozawa and Eun Sun Kim bring distinction and glory to SFO’s new Fidelio

04/11/202116/10/2021 by Harvey Steiman

United States Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 14.10.2021. (HS)

James Creswell (Rocco), Elza van den Heever (Leonore) and Greer Grimsley (Don Pizarro) © Cory Weaver

In Strasbourg Michael Spyres, Timothy Ridout and John Nelson show their expertise and excellence in Berlioz

04/11/202116/10/2021 by Colin Clarke

France Berlioz: Michael Spyres (tenor), Timothy Ridout (viola), Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg / John Nelson (conductor). Salle Érasme, Palais de la Musique et des Congrès, Strasbourg, France, 13.10.2021. (CC)

Michael Spyres (tenor) and John Nelson (conductor)

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