Newsletter – Page 31 – Seen and Heard International

Stasevska combines Sibelius with Porra’s electric bass concerto in a charisma-fueled SSO program

28/11/202319/11/2023 by Thomas May

United States Meredith, Porra, Sibelius: Lauri Porra (electric bass), Seattle Symphony / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 16.11.2023. (TM)

Dalia Stasevska conducts Lauri Porra (electric bass) and the Seattle Symphony © Brandon Patoc

Apollo’s Fire soars with ‘Fire & Joy’ in Ohio

28/11/202319/11/2023 by Mark S Jordan

United Kingdom Vivaldi, Bach – ‘Fire & Joy’: Deborah Nagy (oboe), Nicole Divall (viola d’amore), Alan Choo, Edwin Huizinga (violins) Daphna Mor, Kathie Stewart (recorders), René Schiffer (cello), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). First United Methodist Church, Akron, Ohio, 11.16.2023. (MSJ)

Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire at the end of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.4 © Erica Brenner/AF

Henry Waddington is compelling in the title role of Opera North’s Green Season Falstaff

28/11/202319/11/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Verdi, Falstaff: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Garry Walker (conductor). Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, Salford Quays, 15.11.2023. (MC)

Henry Waddington as Falstaff and Louise Winter as Mistress Quickly © Richard H Smith

Rhiannon Giddens’s Omar at SFO tugs at the emotions with resonant music and images

28/11/202318/11/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United States Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, Omar: Soloists, Guest Chorus (director: John Keene). Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / John Kennedy (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 15.11.2023. (HS)

Jamez McCorkle (Omar) proves he can write to Daniel Okulitch (r, Owen,) and Barry Banks (l, Taylor) © Cory Weaver/SFO

Robert Wilson’s static Paris Turandot focuses the mind on Puccini’s score and some excellent singing

28/11/202316/11/2023 by Jim Pritchard

France Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Chorus, Children’s Choir and Orchestra of Paris Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by François Roussillon) from the Opéra Bastille, Paris, 13.11.2023. (JPr)\

Iréne Theorin (Turandot) and Brian Jagde (Calaf) in Robert Wilson’s Turandot

An ingenious production of Hänsel & Gretel from HGO at Highgate’s Jacksons Lane Theatre

28/11/202316/11/2023 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Humperdinck, Hänsel & Gretel: Soloists, HGO Orchestra / Thomas Payne (conductor). Jacksons Lane Theatre, London. 15.11.2023. (JR)

Alexandra Meier (Hänsel) and Felicitas Wrede (Gretel) © Laurent Compagnon

Alexandra Dovgan’s mesmeric poetic artistry and virtuosity with the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon

28/11/202315/11/2023 by Gregor Tassie

Portugal Sibelius, Chopin, Beethoven: Alexandra Dovgan (piano), Gulbenkian Orchestra / Risto Joost (conductor), Large Auditorium of the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 9.11.2023. (GT)

Pianist Alexandra Dovgan © Jorge Carmona/Antena 2

Belfast Philharmonic Choir’s accomplished performance of Stanford’s rarely performed Requiem

28/11/202315/11/2023 by Robert Beattie

United Kingdom Stanford, Requiem, Op.63: Mary McCabe (soprano), Cicely Hé (mezzo-soprano), Aaron O’Hare (tenor), Brendan Collins (baritone), Belfast Philharmonic Choir, Ulster Orchestra / James Grossmith (conductor), Ulster Hall, Belfast, 5.11.2023. (RB)

James Grossmith conducts the Belfast Philharmonic Choir

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