A. Boito, Mefistofele: Soloists, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Escolanía de la Mare de Deu dels Desamparats. Conductor: Nicola Luisotti. Auditóri Palau de Les Arts de Valencia. 27.4.2011 (JMI)
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Debussy’s Pélleas et Mélisande at London’s Barbican
Debussy, Pélleas et Mélisande: (ConcertPerformance) Orchestre de Paris, Louis Langrée (conductor), Barbican Hall, London 19.4.2011 (CG)
Gianandrea Noseda Bows Out with Verdi’s Otello
Verdi, Otello : (Concert Performance). BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 16.4.2011 (RJF)
The Tsar’s Bride at The Royal Opera
Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tsar’s Bride: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 14.4.2011 (MB)
Heritage Opera’s Così fan tutte
Mozart, Così fan tutte : (Opera buffa in two acts, K.588 (1790) Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. English translation by Chris Gill 2006, revised 2010): Heritage Opera, Haigh Hall, Wigan, Lancashire: 15.4.2010 (MC)
Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi; Il Tabarro, English Touring Opera in Cheltenham
Strauss’s Intermezzo at Scottish Opera
Richard Strauss, Intermezzo: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera. Conductor: Francesco Corti. Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 5. 3.2011 (SRT)
Ivan the Terrible and Leila Josefowicz
Prokofiev: London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Leila Josefowicz (violin), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Alexei Tanovitsky (bass), Rob Heaps (narrator), Xian Zhang (conductor), Barbican Hall, London 3.4.2011 (CG)