Switzerland Bellini: Norma: Soloists, Chorus of Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana Lugano, Orchestra La Scintilla, conductor: Giovanni Antonini, Zurich Opera, Zurich 18.10.2015. (JR)
Bartoli Brings Norma from Salzburg to Zurich
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Schubert’s Cycles Given Distinctive and Distinguished Readings
United States Schubert, Beethoven: Song Cycles, Mark Padmore (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 14.10.2015, 15.10.2015, 17.10.2015 (SSM)
Valery Gergiev Signs Off from the LSO
United Kingdom Bartók, Stravinsky: London Symphony Orchestra/Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 18.10.2015 (AS)
Louis XIV and Elgar Feature on BRB’s Triple Bill
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Montague, Theme and Variations; Enigma Variations, The King Dances: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor) Sadler’s Wells, London, 16.10.2015 (J.O’D)
Dream Team of Connolly and Johnson Open Oxford Lieder Festival
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Schubert, Brahms, Wolf. Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano): Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 16.10.2015 (CR)
Static Staging but Plenty of Musical Tension in the Met’s New Otello
United States Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, 17.10.2015. (JPr)
Macbeth In The Congo In Buenos Aires
Brazil Fabrizio Cassol and Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists and Orchestra. Conductor: Premil Petrovic, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 4.10.2015. (JSJ)
Sankai Juku Dance to the Music of Time in Umusuna
United States Amagatsu: Umusuna – Memories Before History: Sankai Juku, Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 16.10.2015 (JRo)
