United Kingdom Dallapiccola: Il Prigioniero; Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle, Capitole Orchestra and Chorus, Tito Ceccherini (conductor), Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, 4.10.2015 (JMI)
A Rewarding Double Bill Opens the Toulouse Season
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Outstanding Sibelius and Scriabin from Kavakos and Jurowski
United Kingdom Knussen, Sibelius, Scriabin. Leonidas Kavakos (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 3.10.2015 (RB)
Anna Netrebko Excels as Leonora in Met Live’s Il trovatore
United States Met Live’s 10th Season – Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, 3.10.2015. (JPr)
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Exhilarating Performances at Swansea International Festival
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Mozart, Sibelius: Lars Vogt (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 3.10.2015. (NR)
Beethoven, Debussy, Rossini: Trio Apaches [Ashley Wass (piano), Matthew Trusler (violin), Thomas Carroll (cello)], Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 4.10.2015, (NR)
An Imaginative Director Camps Up Figaro
United States Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra & Chorus, Henrik Nánási (conductor), Michael Black (chorus master), Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, 26.9.2015 (DP)
Beethoven Contemporaneous wth Francesconi’s Admirable Sense of Theatre
Italy Luca Francesconi, Beethoven: Orchestra and Chorus of Santa Cecilia. Conductor, Sir Antonio Pappano, Chorus Master, Ciro Visco. Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano) Rachel Willis-Sorensen (soprano) Adriana Di Paola (contralto) Stuart Skelton (tenor) Michael Volle (bass). Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome. 03.10.2015 (JB)
A Super-Charged Alpine Symphony from the RLPO
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Canteloube, Richard Strauss: Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Guild Hall, City of Preston, 2.10.2015 (MC)
Magnificent Performance of The Bells Deserved a More Appreciative Audience
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Borodin, Elgar, Huw Watkins, Stravinsky: John Daszak (tenor), Anastasia Kalagina (soprano), Mikhail Petrenko (bass), Malin Broman (violin), Rachel Gough (bassoon), Hannah Stone (harp), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3.10.2015 (PCG)