Newsletter – Page 43 – Seen and Heard International

ON’s Masque of Might with its message of impending environmental catastrophe has a significant impact

28/11/202321/11/2023 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom Purcell, Masque of Might: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Harry Bicket (conductor). Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, Salford Quays, 16.11.2023. (MC)

Andri Björn Róbertsson as Nebulous © James Glossop

Kennedy’s musicality, knowledge, and skills are to the fore in his Barbican Bach Now! programme

28/11/202320/11/2023 by Agnes Kory

United Kingdom Bach, Kennedy, Sakamoto – Nigel Kennedy: Bach Now!: Nigel Kennedy (violin, piano, conductor), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Barbican Hall, London, 14.11.2023. (AK)

Nigel Kennedy (violin) and Nicholas Daniel (oboe) © Alexander Barnes/Apple and Biscuit

Rhiannon Giddens’s American Railroad, via virtuosity and American cultures, extends the Silk Road

28/11/202320/11/2023 by Harvey Steiman

United States Various, American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble / Rhiannon Giddens (artistic director). Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 17.11.2023. (HS)

Scene from *American Railroad* © Matthew TW Huang

You’ll remember Asmik Grigorian’s singing as Salome long after Dmitri Tcherniakov’s production is forgotten

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

Germany Richard Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg / Kent Nagano (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Andy Sommer) at the Staatsoper Hamburg on 29.11.2023 and available until 27.4.2024 on ARTE Concert. (JPr)

John Daszak (Herod), Kyle Ketelsen (Jokanaan) and Asmik Grigorian (Salome) © Monika Rittershaus

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

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