Germany Wagner, Henze: Jonas Kaufman (tenor), Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Christian Thielemann, Semper Oper, Dresden, Germany, Tuesday 21.5. 2013. (MC)
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London Celebrates Wagner at Two Hundred.
United Kingdom Wagner 200th Anniversary Concert: Soloists and Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 22.5.2013. (JPr)
Tale of Witchcraft Told in Dance
United Kingdom Albicastro, Albinoni, Tartini, Valentini, Vivaldi, Witch-hunt (Hexenhatz): Bern Ballett, Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 22.5.2013. (JO’D)
Which Comes First, Music or Religion?
United States Lucis–Music of Light: Seattle Pro Musica, Karen P. Thomas (conductor), St. James Cathedral, Seattle, 19.5.2013 (bj)
Richly Rewarding Program for Four Guitars
United States Guitar Extravaganza: Guitar Stars from Mannes: Old Greenwich Presbyterian Church, Stewartsville, New Jersey, 18.5.2013 (KC)
Tristan in Helsinki – lyrical beauty and deep emotions
Finland Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, Pinchas Steinberg (conductor). Finnish National Opera 17.5.2013 (Premiere) (GF)
Enthusiastic Response to Baroque Music at Dresden Festival
Germany J.F. Fasch, J.A. Hasse, J.C. Bach, A. Vivaldi, J.D. Heinichen and G. F. Handel: Dresden Festival Orchestra/Ivor Bolton (director), Giuliano Carmignola (baroque violin), Bejun Mehta (countertenor), Albertinum (Lichthof), Dresden, Germany, 20.5.2013 (MC)
Ending a Season with Fiery 20th-Century Classics
United States Bartók, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Ravel: Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Rossen Milanov (conductor), Richardson Auditorium, Princeton, New Jersey, 5.5.2013. (BH)