Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin/Domingo Hindoyan (conductor), Schiller Theatre, Berlin, 20.9.2014 (MC)
Magri and Daza Rescue Berlin’s Bewildering La Traviata
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Much to Admire in Cuarteto Casals’ Wigmore Hall Recital
United Kingdom Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn: Cuarteto Casals [Vera Martínez Mahner & Meesun Hong Coleman (violins), Jonathan Brown (viola), Arnau Tomàs (cello)], Wigmore Hall, London, 22.9.2014 (CS)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s Bach: Very Much More Than the Sum of its Parts
United Kingdom Bach: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 20.9.2014 (MB)
Gregory Kunde Retains His Power in Il Trovatore
Verdi: Il Trovatore, La Fenice Orchestra and Chorus, Daniele Rustioni (conductor), Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 20.9.2014 (JMI)
Elements Fail to Coalesce in INALA Despite Interaction
United Kingdom Shabalala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Spira, INALA (a Zulu Ballet): Sisters Grimm, Sadler’s Wells, London, 18.9.2014 (J.O’D)
Two New Pieces and A Reworking from BalletBoyz
United Kingdom Raime, Greenwood, Glass, BalletBoyz: theTALENT: BalletBoyz®, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 17.9.2014 (J.O’D)
Impressive Performances of Schoenberg and Berg Bring Vienna to King’s Place
United Kingdom ‘Vienna Revisited’ – Schoenberg and Berg: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Alice Privett (soprano), Chad Vindin (piano), Members of the Aurora Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Nicholas Collon (conductor). Hall One, Kings Place, 18. and 20.9.2014 (MB)
Catchy Poulenc, Grandiose Berlioz Catchy Poulenc, Grandiose Berlioz
Switzerland Poulenc, Berlioz Tonhalle Orchestra (conductor Charles Dutoit), Erin Wall (soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Zürcher Sing-Akademie (chorus-master Tim Brown), Zürcher Sängerknaben (chorus-master Konrad von Aarburg) Tonhalle Zurich 19.9.14 (JR)