Turning Parsifal’s Moral World Upside Down
14/04/2013
Belgium Wagner, Parsifal: soloists, Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, and Children’s Chorus of the Flemish Opera, Eliahu Inbal (conductor), Opera House, Antwerp, 3.4.2013 (BJ) Read more
Imaginative Reworking of Two Stravinsky Ballets
14/04/2013
United Kingdom Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring & Petrushka: Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre in collaboration with Sadlers Wells, Lidija Bizjak and Sanja Bizjak (piano), Sadler’s Wells, London, 12.4.2013 . (JOD) Read more
You Don’t (Des) Say
13/04/2013
United States Handel, Giulio Cesare: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Harry Bicket (conductor), Lincoln Center, New York, 9.4.2013 (SSM)
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Conviction by a Sleight of Hand: Samson et Dalila
13/04/2013
Italy Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila. Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Conductor, Charles Dutoit; Stage Director and Designer, Carlus Padrissa with La fura dels Baus; Chorus Master, Roberto Gabbiani; Costumes, Chu Uroz Rome. 09.04.2013 (JB)
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Parsifal and the Tree of Life
12/04/2013
Germany R. Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor), Bavarian State Orchestra, 31.3.2012 (JFL) Read more
Exuberance In Paris In Buenos Aires
12/04/2013
Argentina Offenbach, La vie parisienne: Compañia Lirica “G.Verdi”. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Compañia Lirica “G.Verdi”, Conductor:Ramiro Soto Monllor. Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 6.4.2013. (JSJ) Read more
Birthday Chunks of Wagner (Gatti, Boston Symphony Orchestra, DeYoung)
09/04/2013
United States Wagner: Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Daniele Gatti (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York 5.4. 2013 (DA) Read more
Solemnity and Folksiness Collide in Stylish Flute
09/04/2013
United States Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Stephen Goldstein (director), Isaac Selya (conductor), College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, Corbett Auditorium. Cincinnati, Ohio. 7.4.13 (RDA) Read more
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