United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Borodin: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra / David Curtis (conductor), Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 8.2.2014. (RJ)
Relishing a Golden Decade of Russian Music
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Reliable Work, If Not Quite Fantastique
United States Prokofiev, Berlioz: Julia Fischer (violin), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 6.3.2014 (HS)
A Light Hearted Romp with an Appearance by Dame Kiri
United Kingdom Donizetti, La Fille du régiment: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Yves Abel in Laurent Pelly’s 2007 production: designs by Chantal Thomas. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 9.3.2014. (JPr)
Te Kanawa as La Duchesse de Crackentorp
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Handel’s Samson: Larger than Life
United States Handel, Samson: Soloists and Chorus of the American Classical Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (Conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 4.3.2014 (SSM)
“Concept Opera” Production Does Macbeth No Favours
United Kingdom Verdi, Macbeth (1865) (sung in Italian with titles in English): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Tobias Ringborg (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 6.3.2014. (RJF)
High Production and Design Standards in La fanciulla del West
Puccini, La fanciulla del West (1910): – sung in Italian with titles in English: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Richard Farnes (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 5.3.2014. (RJF) Sung in Italian with Titles in English. Cast: Minnie: Alwyn Mellor Jack Rance: Robert Hayward Dick Johnson (Ramerrez): Rafael Rojas Nick: Bonaventura … Read more
Handel’s La Resurrezione:Not Secular Enough
Spain Handel: La Resurrezione, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, René Jacobs (conductor), Madrid Auditorium, 6.3.2014 (JMI)
In Los Angeles: Tales of Madness and the Glass Harmonica
United States In Los Angeles: Tales of Madness and the Glass Harmonica
