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A Liederabend Like No Other

01/07/201425/06/2014 by Stan

Schumann, Mahler: Liederabend, Matthias Goerne (baritone), Alexander Schmalcz (piano), Zürich Opernhaus, Zurich, 23.6.14 (RP)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Rick Perdian, Zurich Leave a comment

Avalanche in Geneva

01/07/201425/06/2014 by Stan

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Catalani : La Wally, Chorus of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Evelino Pidò (conductor), Victoria Hall, Geneva, 6.18.2014 (AL)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Antoine Leboyer, Geneva Leave a comment

Koopman and his Amsterdammers Excel in the h moll Messe

01/07/201425/06/2014 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bach: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & chor (conductor Ton Koopman); Yetzabel Arias Fernandez (soprano), Maarten Engeltjes (alto/countertenor), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass); chorusmaster Frank Markowitsch, Tonhalle, Zurich(JR)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags John Rhodes, Zurich 1 Comment

Final Concert at Swansea a Popular Success

25/06/201424/06/2014 by Stan

  Dvorak, Bruçh, Brahms: Jennifer Pike, (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales Cornelius Meister, conductor, Grand Theatre, Swansea, 20.6.2014 (NHR)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Neil Reeve, Swansea Leave a comment

Salvatore Sciarrino’s Haunting Macbeth

25/06/201424/06/2014 by Stan

GermanyGermany Sciarrino: Macbeth, Opera Lab Berlin, David Robert Coleman (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 21.6.2014

Photo (c) Otto Katzameier (Macbeth)
Photo (c) Otto Katzameier (Macbeth)

 

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Berlin, Sarah Hucal Leave a comment

Dark Mystery and Intrigue in Semperoper’s Simon Boccanegra

04/07/201423/06/2014 by Stan

GermanyGermany Verdi: Simon Boccanegra: Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Mitglieder der Komparserie und Kinderkompserie, Dresden & Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden 13.6.2014 (MC)

Zeljko Lucic as Simon Boccanegra © Matthias Creutziger
Zeljko Lucic as Simon Boccanegra © Matthias Creutziger

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Dresden, Michael Cookson

A Mozart Bruckner Concert with a ‘Special’ Quality

25/06/201423/06/2014 by Geoff DIggines

GermanyGermany Mozart, Bruckner: Lise de la Salle (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Fabio Luisi (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 19.6.2014 (GD)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Geoff Diggines, London 3 Comments

Britten’s Inner Beauty Casts Its Spell

25/06/201423/06/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Copland, Britten, Shostakovich: Toby Spence (tenor), Robert Ward (horn), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 19.6.2014 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Harvey Steiman, San Francisco Leave a comment
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