United Kingdom Schubert: The Prince Consort [Anna Leese (soprano) Rowan Hellier (mezzo-soprano) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Jacques Imbrailo (baritone)] / Alisdair Hogarth (artistic director/piano), Wigmore Hall 04.07.14 (RB)
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The Power of Stories
Italy Britten, The Prodigal Son. Members of the Chorus and Instrumentalists of the Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Chorus Master, Roberto Gabbiani. Conductor, James Conlon. Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome. 04.07.2014 (JB)
CBSO Season Ends Magnificently with Janáček and Bartók
United Kingdom Janáček and Bartók: Michelle DeYoung (soprano), Gábor Bretz (bass), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner, (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham 2.7.2014.
Cheltenham Music Festival 2014: Benedetti & Co Take Spa Town by Storm
United Kingdom Beethoven, Triple Concerto in C, Op 56: Benedetti/Elschenbroich/Grynyuk Trio, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 2.7.2014
Brahms, Arlene Sierra, Shostakovich: Benedetti/Elschenbroich /Grynyuk Trio, Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (viola), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 3.7.2014.
International collaboration in dramatic Verdi’s Requiem
United Kingdom Verdi, Requiem: Anita Watson (soprano), Monica-Evelin Liiv (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor) and Michel De Souza (baritone), Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus, Brighton Festival Chorus, Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne & Orchestra de Picardie / Arie van Beek (conductor), The Backstage Centre, Purfleet, Essex 4.7.2014. (JPr)
Cape Town Opera Bring Broadway to Birmingham with Show Boat
United Kingdom Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II, Show Boat: Cape Town Opera and Chorus, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra / Gareth Jones) (music director), Birmingham Hippodrome, 2.7.2014 (GR).
Brandon Jovanovich Delivers Powerful Don José
Bizet: Carmen, Soloists, Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Opernhaus Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich,Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, 3.07.14 (RP)
Death With Your Eyes Wide Open
Italy Peter Maxwell Davies and Ottorino Respighi Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Chorus Master, Ciro Visco; Conductor, Sir Antonio Pappano. Markus Butter (baritone). Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome. 27.06.2014 (JB)