United Kingdom De Falla, La vida breve & Puccini, Gianni Schicchi: Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North/Jac van Steen (conductor), Lyric Theatre, Lowry, Salford, U.K. 12.3.2015 (MC)
Fascinating De Falla/Puccini Double Bill from Opera North
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The Pražák Quartet Perpetuates the Glory of a Czech Tradition
Canada Haydn, Janáček and Dvořák: Pražák Quartet (Pavel Hula and Vlastimil Holek, violins, Josef Klusoň, viola, Michal Kaňka, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 10.3.2015 (GN)
Camerata Salzburg Play the Right Music in the Wrong Order
United Kingdom Bartók, Mozart, Bruckner: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Camerata Salzburg / Ben Gernon (conductor), City Hall, Sheffield, 14.3.2015
Backstage Magic Tricks at LA Opera’s The Marriage of Figaro
United States Backstage Magic Tricks at LA Opera’s The Marriage of Figaro
Protestant Geneva Fails to Capture the Spirit of Verdi’s Requiem
Switzerland Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem, Soloists, Chorus of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Alan Woodbridge (Chorus Master), Edo de Waart (conductor), Victoria Hall, Geneva, 12.3.2015 (AL)
Tugan Sokhiev Impresses with the Philharmonia
United Kingdom, Beethoven, Strauss and Brahms: Katy Woolley (horn), Philharmonia Orchestra, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 12.3.2015 (AS)
An Enduringly Successful Subversion of Hansel and Gretel
United Kingdom Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel (Revival Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/ Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 21.2.2015 (GPu)
English National Ballet Presents Absorbing Neo-Classical Triple Bill
United Kingdom Mozart, Dvořák, Willems, Modern Masters: English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Graham Sutherland) (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 11.3.2015 (J.O’D)
during ENB’s Modern Masters dress rehearsal (c) Ash