United States Purcell, Mozart, and Vaughan Williams: Andrew Manze (conductor), Simone Dinnerstein (piano), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 10.10.2013 (BJ)
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Stratospheric Soprano in Excerpts from Adès’s Tempest
United States Mendelssohn, Adès: Audrey Luna (soprano), Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano), Charlotte Hellekant (mezzo-soprano), Alek Shrader (tenor), Rod Gilfry (baritone), San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 11.10.2013 (HS)
Wagner’s Jews: A Fascinating Perspective on Wagner’s Attitude to the Jews
United Kingdom Wagner’s Jews – a documentary, produced, directed and written by Hilan Warshaw in co-production with WDR/ARTE: Barbican Cinema, London 13.10.2013. (JPr)
Vienna Staatsoper Aida Disappoints
AustriaVerdi: Aida, Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Dan Ettinger (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 12.10.2013 (JMI).
Courtesy Wiener Staatsoper
Gilbert & Sullivan: Rend With Songs the Air Above
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Rend With Songs the Air Above: A Celebrity recital by John Savournin, accompanied by David Eaton on the piano, Manchester Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Cross Street Chapel, Manchester, 13.10.2013. (RW)
Cedar Lake’s Dance Trilogy Impresses Scotland
United Kingdom Various Composers: Indigo Rose, Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue, Necessity, Again: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 12.10.2013 (SRT)
Deep Probing Rigoletto in Tallinn
Estonia Verdi Rigoletto. Soloists, Estonian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Jüri Alperten (conductor). Estonian National Opera, Tallinn 26.9.2013
Rihm’s Die Eroberung von Mexico: Attractive Performance But Not for Everyone
Spain W. Rihm: Die Eroberung von Mexico, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Alejo Pérez (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real 9.10.2013 (JMI)
(C): Javier del Real/Teatro Real