Newsletter – Page 49 – Seen and Heard International

Clever production sheds new light on Figaro in Hannover

04/06/202423/05/2024 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Staatsoper Hannover. Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover / Mazaru Kumakura (conductor). Staatsoper Hannover, 19.5.2024. (DM-D)

Hannover’s *Le nozze di Figaro* (2023) featuring Richard Walshe (Figaro) and Kiandra Howarth (Countess) © Sandra Then

An enjoyable concert from Hélène Grimaud and the Camerata Salzburg at the Dresden Music Festival

03/08/202423/05/2024 by Michael Cookson

Germany Dresden Music Festival 2024 [3] – Beethoven, R. Schumann, Mendelssohn: Hélène Grimaud (piano), Camerata Salzburg / Giovanni Guzzo (concertmaster /direction). Kulturpalast Dresden, 20.5.2024. (MC)

Hélène Grimaud (piano), Camerata Salzburg, and Giovanni Guzzo (concertmaster) © Oliver Killig

Hits and misses in Munich Bayerische Staatsoper’s new production of Tosca

04/06/202423/05/2024 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

Germany Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera / Andrea Battistoni (conductor). Nationaltheater Munich, 20.5.2024. (ALL)

Eleonora Buratto (centre front, Tosca) © Wilfried Hösl

Extreme states: Yuja Wang’s kaleidoscopic recital in Seattle

04/06/202422/05/2024 by Thomas May

United States Various: Yuja Wang (piano). Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 17.5.2024. (TM)

The Lang Lang, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Staatskapelle Dresden concert was the finest I have heard in a long time

04/06/202422/05/2024 by Michael Cookson

Germany Ravel, Debussy: Lang Lang (piano), Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor). Semperoper, Dresden, 19.5.2024. (MC)

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden © Markenfotografie-

Reliable singing only partially redeems Stuttgart’s disappointing production of Götterdämmerung

04/06/202422/05/2024 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists and Chorus of Staatsoper Stuttgart. Staatsorchester Stuttgart / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Stuttgart, 16.5.2024. (DM-D)

Christiane Libor (Brünnhilde) and Daniel Kirch (Siegfried) © Matthias Baus

Powerful performances of Bruckner and Szymanowski from Dausgaard and the Warsaw Philharmonic

04/06/202422/05/2024 by Rick Perdian

Poland Bruckner, Szymanowski: Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk (soprano), Ewa Wolak (alto), Szymon Mechliński (baritone), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir (chorus master: Bartosz Michałowski) / Thomas Dausgaard (conductor). Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, 17.5.2024. (RP)

Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) © DELUGA.art

A fabulous programme by the Corinthian Orchestra doesn’t quite live up to expectations

04/06/202422/05/2024 by Marc Bridle

United Kingdom Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky: Petr Limonov (piano), Corinthian Orchestra, Michael Seal (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 19.5.2024. (MBr)

Petr Limonov rehearsing for the concert with the Corinthian Orchestra

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