Canada Haydn, Shostakovich and Beethoven: Pacifica Quartet (Simin Ganatra and Sibbi Bernhardsson, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Bandon Vamos, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, BC, 13.1.2015 (GN)
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Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2014/15 Continues: Romance And Revolution: Andrea Chénier
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE CINEMA SEASON 2014/15 CONTINUES:
Well-Cast Tosca in an Old-Fashioned Set
United States Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Seattle Opera, Julian Kovatchev (conductor). McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA. 10.1.2014 (RC)
Broadway – Rue du Rhône: Osmo Vänska and Dawn Upshaw in Geneva
Switzerland Bernstein, Weill, Duke, Gershwin, Sondheim, Rachmaninov: Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Victoria Hall, Geneva, 13.01.15 (AL)
Rattle and the LSO: Virtuosity in Testing Twentieth-Century Repertoire
United Kingdom Webern, Berg, Ligeti and Stravinsky: Barbara Hannigan (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 15.1.2015 (AS)
Sombre Ballet Reflects the Anguish of War
United Kingdom Henson, Young Men: Balletboyz, Sadler’s Wells, London, 14.1.2015 (J.O’D)
Royal Opera’s Un Ballo More to the Audience’s Taste than the Critics’
Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera:: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Daniel Oren (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 13.01.2015 (RP) Cast: Riccardo: Joseph Calleja Amelia: Liudmyla Monastyrska Renato: Dmitri Hvorostovsky Ulrica: Marianne Cornetti Oscar: Lauren Fagan Samuel: Anatoli Sivko Tom: Jihoon Kim Silvano: Samuel Dale Johnson Minister of Justice: … Read more
Admirable Singing but Incoherent Staging in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo
United Kingdom Monteverdi, L’Orfeo: Soloists, Vocal Ensemble from Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Dancers from East London Dance, Orchestra of Early Opera Company, Christopher Moulds (conductor). Roundhouse, London, 13.1.2015 (MB)