United States Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 1.11.2024. (LV)
Gustavo Dudamel’s not ready for prime time Rheingold celebrates Frank Gehry at Disney Hall
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An imaginative presentation of Rimsky’s Mozart and Salieri for Salzburg’s Mozartwoche
Austria Mozartwoche Salzburg 2024 [1] – Salieri, Rimsky-Korsakov: Soloists, Puppeteers, Students from the Mozarteum University, Salzburg / Kai Röhrig (conductor). Salzburg Marionette Theatre, Salzburg, 27.1.2024. (MB)
On medici.tv: an oddly programmed concert of Berlioz and Wagner from the Strasbourg Philharmonic
France Berlioz and Wagner: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Michael Spyres (baritenor), Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg / John Nelson and Ludovic Morlot (conductors). Livestreamed on medici.tv (directed by Jean-Pierre Loisill) from the Palais de la Musique et des Congrès, Strasbourg, France, 26.1.2024. (JPr)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s dazzling Debussy at the Barbican Hall
United Kingdom Debussy: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 24.1.2024. (JC)
The music of La Strada, the visual inventiveness, and Alina Cojocaru hold the audience’s attention
United Kingdom Natalia Horečná’s La Strada: ACWorkroom Ltd, Sadler’s Wells, London, 25.1.2024. (JO’D)
Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony’s refined, superbly focused Mahler on an emotional evening
United States Mahler: San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 25.1.2024. (HS)
Angela Gheorghiu and Stefan Pop make the current Covent Garden La bohème revival something special
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Evelino Pidò (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 25.1.2024. (JPr)
An outstanding celebration of Schoenberg by Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic
Germany Schoenberg: Soloists, Berlin Radio Chorus (chorus director: Gijs Leenaars), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 25.1.2024. (MB)
