United Kingdom Mascagni, Puccini Cast, Chorus, City of London Sinfonia/Manlio Benzi, Opera Holland Park, London, 22.6.2012 (CC)
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Aung San Suu Kyi becomes Honorary Ambassador for Leeds International Piano Competition
Aung San Suu Kyi becomes Honorary Ambassador for Leeds International Piano Competition (RJ)
Nothing Triumphant about Gluck’s Il trionfo di Clelia
United Kingdom Gluck, Il trionfo di Clelia: Soloists, City of London Sinfonia, Giuseppe Sigismondi di Risio (conductor), Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 24.6.2012 (MB)
An impressive James MacMillan première in Coventry Cathedral
United Kingdom Coventry Cathedral Golden Jubilee Concert. Coventry Cathedral, 23.6.2012. (JQ)
Noseda’s Electrifying Beethoven Fifth
United Kingdom Wagner, Berg and Beethoven: Angela Denoke (soprano), London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 21.6.2012. (JPr)
Hélène Grimaud Excels Against Odds in Istanbul Music Festival
Turkey Mozart, Berg, Liszt, Bartok: Hélène Grimaud (piano), Istanbul Music Festival, Hagia Eirene Museum, Istanbul 23.6.12 (AM)
San Francisco Symphony Unleashes a Terrifying “Bluebeard”
United StatesLiszt, Bartók: Jeremy Denk (piano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Alan Held (bass-baritone), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 21.6.2012 (HS)
Poppea, Drag, and Masturbation
Spain C.Monteverdi / P.Boesmans, Poppea e Nerone: Soloists, Klangforum Wien, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 19.6.2012 (JMI)