Broadcasts, Musicals, & Others

Reviews and articles of some events that are not Concerts, Opera, or Dance, and others that have been streamed, shown in the cinema or on TV

Pretty Yende and Juan Diego Flórez bring to life Simon Stone’s intriguingly staged, very well directed Vienna La traviata

by

AustriaAustria Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Jakob Pitzer) from the Vienna State Opera, 7.3.2021. (JPr)

Juan Diego Flórez (Alfredo) and Pretty Yende (Violetta Valéry)

Read more

Berlin Phil’s traditional programming of Beethoven and Prokofiev features Igor Levit’s artistry and mastery

by

GermanyGermany Beethoven, Prokofiev: Igor Levit (pianist), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Streamed from the Philharmonie Berlin in the Berlin Philharmonic’s Digital Concert Hall (click here), 6.3.2021. (GT)

Igor Levit (c) Felix Broede

Read more

Goldberg Variations magic from Mahan Esfahani in Leipzig for Cal Performances at Home

by

United StatesUnited States Bach, Goldberg Variations: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord). Recorded 21-22 January at the Summer Hall of the Bach Archive in Leipzig, Germany, exclusively for Cal Performances at Home. Available on demand 4.3.2021 through 2.6.2021. (HS)

Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Read more

Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak explore a toxic relationship in Vienna’s 2018 Otello

by

AustriaAustria Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Graeme Jenkins (conductor). Performance filmed (directed by Jakob Pitzer) on 18.3.2018 and reviewed when streamed on 2.3.2021. (JPr)

Vienna State Opera’s 2018 Otello Act II

Read more

Kenneth MacMillan’s telling of the dark Manon story is equally intense for ENB thanks to Alina Cojocaru

by

United KingdomUnited Kingdom English National Ballet’s Manon: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Performance from 17.10.2018 at Manchester Opera House and streamed as Ballet on Demand from 1.3.2021 (JO’D)

ENB’s Manon (c) Laurent Liotardo

Read more

Carducci String Quartet and VOCES8 is a fascinating departure for the LIVE from London format

by

United KingdomUnited Kingdom LIVE from London Spring – To the New World: Carducci String Quartet (Matthew Denton, Michelle Fleming [violins], Eoin Schmidt-Martin [viola], Emma Denton [cello]) with Frederick Long (bass-baritone) and VOCES8. Livestream from the VOCES8 Centre on 28.2.2021. (CC)

Carducci String Quartet and VOCES8

Read more

For Met Stars Live in Concert, Sonya Yoncheva brings emotional significance to all her words and phrases

by

GermanyGermany Met Stars Live in Concert – Sonya Yoncheva (soprano): Julien Quentin (piano). Livestream (directed by Gary Halvorson) from Schussenried Cloister, Bad Schussenried, Germany, 27.2.2021. (JPr)

Sonya Yoncheva sings in the Schussenried Cloister (c) Jürgen Hausmann

Read more