United Kingdom Berlioz, Béatrice et Bénédict, (Revival Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Michael Hofstetter, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 17.2.2012 (GPu)
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Scottish Opera Offers Family-Friendly Hansel and Gretel
United Kingdom Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel: Soloists, and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Emmanuel Joël-Hornak (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 18.2.2011 (SRT)
Yulianna Avdeeva dazzles Istanbul
Turkey Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Prokofiev: Yulianna Avdeeva (piano), Istanbul Recitals at ‘The Seed’, Istanbul 16.2.12 (AM)
Rissman Deconstructs Søndergård’s Colorful Prokofiev
United Kingdom Prokofiev:Naked Classics, Romeo & Juliet, Paul Rissmann (presenter), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 17.02.2012 (SRT)
Exuberant Pappano Conducts a Sparkling Figaro
United Kingdom Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Opera. Conductor: Antonio Pappano. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 17.2.2012. (JPr)
Norrington’s Classical Equation: 2 x 39 + 1 =
United States Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart: Jeremy Denk (piano), Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 16.2.2012 (SSM)
Vacuous Don Giovanni Production at ROH
United Kingdom Mozart: Don Giovanni, Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Constantinos Carydis (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 16.2.2012 (MB)
The Currentzis Dances in Munich
Germany Adams, Schumann, Prokofiev: Mikhail Mordvinov (piano), Theodor Currentzis (conductor), Munich Philharmonic, Gasteig Philharmonic Hall, Munich, 15.2.2012 (JFL)