David Alden’s New Lohengrin for the Royal Opera Reflects Turbulence of 20th-Century History

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 17.6.2018. (JPr)

Christine Goerke (Ortrud), Jennifer Davis (Elsa) & Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin) (c) Clive Barda

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Singers Excel in an Inert Boris Godunov Concert

United StatesUnited States Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov (1869 version): Soloists, San Francisco Symphony Chorus (Ragnar Bohlin [director]), Pacific Boychoir  (Andrew Brown [director]), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 14.6.2018. (HS)

Soloists, San Francisco Symphony & Michael Tilson Thomas (c) Cory Weaver

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Rarely Performed Donizetti Farce Introduces Fine Young Voices

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Donizetti, I pazzi per progetto: Soloists, Aimi Sugo (piano), Gerald Karni (viola), Rosamund van der Westhuizen (cello), Raul Castro Estévez (clarinet), Karin Yamaguchi (horn), / Caspar Deichmann (conductor), Opernverein Zürich, Theater im Seefeld, Zurich, 14.6.2018 (JR)

Photo credit: Rémy Bourgeois
Donizetti’s I pazzi per progetto (c) Rémy Bourgeois

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