United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (5) – Fauré, Liszt, Bartók, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky & Dvořák, Valentinia Nafornița (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano), Queen’s Hall, 12.8.2015. (SRT)
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Danish Connection in Queensland Ballet’s La Sylphide
United Kingdom Herman Severin Løvenskjold, La Sylphide: Queensland Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Andrew Mogrelia (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 7.8.2015 (J.O’D)
Two Revolutionaries, Beethoven And Berlioz, Look to the Future
United Kingdom PROM 33:Beethoven, Berlioz: Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.8.2015. (GD)
Aspen 11: A Resplendent “Aida,” Rip-Snorting Ginastera, and “Pines of Rome” in Technicolor
United States Aspen Music Festival (11): Berlioz, Borodin, Ginastera, Meyer, Mozart, Respighi, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Verdi. Soloists; Robert Spano, Federico Cortese, and Josep Caballé-Domenech (conductors). Aspen, Colorado. 7-9.8.2015 (HS)
The Carducci Quartet’s Magnificent Tribute to Shostakovich
United Kingdom Shostakovich. The Carducci Quartet [Matthew Denton, Michelle Fleming (violins), Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola), Emma Denton (cello)], Sam Wanamaker Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, London, 9.8.2015. (RW)
A Magnificent Evening at Salzburg with Rihm’s Die Eroberung von Mexico
Austria Salzburg Festival (2) – Rihm, Die Eroberung von Mexico: Soloists, Mixed Choir (on tape), Movement Choir, ORF Symphony Orchestra, Vienna, Ingo Metzmacher (conductor), Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 10.8.2015 (MB)
Bregenz Festival: A Spectacle on the Shore of Lake Constance
Austria Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Chorus of the Prague Philharmonic, Bregenz Festival Chorus, Childrens’ Choir of the Music School of Bregenz, Paolo Carignani (conductor), Festival Lakeside, Bregenz, 8.8.2015 (JR)
New Dennehy/Walsh Opera Tackles Assisted Suicide
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (4) – Donnacha Dennehy & Enda Walsh, The Last Hotel: Landmark Productions and Wide Open Opera, Crash Ensemble / André de Ridder (conductor), Royal Lyceum Theatre, 10.8.2015. (SRT)
