United States Lyric Opera of Chicago ‘s Ryan Center Artists at the Grant Park Music Festival: Grant Park Orchestra, Artists of the Ryan Opera Center, Chicago, Carlos Kalmar (Artistic Director and Principal Conductor), Harris Theater, Chicago, 6.8.2011 (JLZ)
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Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 5 ) – Verdi, Macbeth
Austria Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Vienna Philharmonic, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Salzburg, 6.8.2011 (JFL)
A Björling Centenary Memorial at Opera på Skäret
Sweden Jussi Björling in Memoriam. Yana Kleyn and Sandra Lopez, soprano, Kristian Benedikt and Stuart Neill, tenor. The Opera på Skäret Orchestra, Bergslagens Musikdramatiska kör/Marcello Mottadelli and Erik Jakobsson at Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg, Sweden, 5.8.2011 (GF)
Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 3 ) – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro
Austria Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Salzburg, 4.8.2011 (JFL)
Cura Bad, Frittoli Fantastic: The 60th Santander International Festival Opens with a Mixed Otello
Spain G. Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Bilbao Opera Chorus. Mario de Rose (conductor). Santander Festival Palace. 01.08.2011 (JMI)
A Tosca for our Times: Sondra Radvanovsky in Madrid
Spain G. Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Madrid Symphonic Orchestra, Intermezzo Chorus, Renato Palumbo (conductor). Madrid Teatro Real. 28.07.2011 (JMI)
Britten’s The Turn of the Screw Casts a Spell on Läckö Castle
Sweden Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Läckö Chamber Orchestra, Simon Phipps (conductor) Läckö Castle, Sweden, 26.7.2011 (NS)
A moving Simon Boccanegra in Buenos Aires
Argentina Verdi, Simon Boccanegra: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Stefano Ranzani, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 22.7.2011. (JSJ)