Verdi: I Due Foscari, Philarmoniker Hamburg, Staatsoper Chorus, Simone Young (conductor), Staatsoper Hamburg 16.11.2013 (JMI)
Hamburg’s Verdi Trilogy: I Due Foscari, Last is Best
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Mixed Bag of a Mastersingers
Switzerland Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conducted by Sebastian Weigle, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 10.11.2013. (JR)
La Battaglia di Legnano: A True Verdi Rarity
Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano, Philarmoniker Hamburg, Chor Staatsoper Hamburg, Simone Young (conductor), Staatsoper Hamburg 15.11.2013 (JMI).
Hamburg Opera
Imagination and Innovation in Stunning Salome
R. Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Portland Opera, George Manahan (conductor), Stephen Lawless (director), Benoit Dugardyn (set), Ingeborg Bernerth (costumes), Mark McCullough (lighting), Matthew Ferraro (choreographer/Assistant Director), Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, 9.11.2013 (BJ)
Morlot Pastoral Was Naughty but Nice
United States Sibelius, Dusapin, and Beethoven: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 15.11.2013 (BJ)
Legendary Dame Edna on Top Form at 80
United Kingdom Eat, Pray, Laugh! Barry Humphries’ Farewell Tour: Barry Humphries, Nick Len (music director) and company. London Palladium, London, 15.11.2013. (JPr)
Centenary Composer Features in Memorable Remembrance Sunday Concert
United Kingdom Lloyd, R Strauss, Shostakovich: Anna Gorbachyova (soprano), Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra / John Gibbons (conductor), Assembly Hall, Worthing, 10.11.2013. (RB)
Met’s Die Frau, Without a Shadow of a Doubt, a Great Production
R. Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Vladamir Jurowski (conductor), Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York, 12.11.2013 (SSM)
