United Kingdom Mackenzie, Martinů, Mozart: Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 28.10.2011 (SRT)
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Lothar Koenigs and Welsh National Opera Discover Comfort in Death
United Kingdom Mahler, Schoenberg, Brahms: Laura Mitchell (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), David Soar (bass), Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 28.10.11 (GPu)
Dimitri Tiomkin’s Music and His Oscars Rollin’ to The Barbican Hall
United Kingdom The Film Music of Dimitri Tiomkin: Andrew Playfoot, Whitney Claire Kaufman (vocalists), London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Kaufman (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 27.10.2011. (JPr)
Triumphant New Semi-staged Production of Bartok’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
United Kingdom Debussy, Janáček, Bartók: Michelle DeYoung (Judith), Sir John Tomlinson (Bluebeard), Juliet Stevenson (narrator), Nick Hillel (director), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham 21.10.2011
Intriguing Affinities: Haitink Conducts Schubert and Mahler in Chicago
United States Schubert, Mahler: Klara Ek (soprano) , Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 22.10.2011 (JLZ)
Vampires Return Just In Time for Hallowe’en
United Kingdom Townhill, Once Bitten: Book & Music by Richard Townhill with Lyrics by Joanna Marshall & Ross Keeping, South Manchester Amateur Operatic Society, Royal Northern College of Music 18-22 October 2011 (RJW)
Excellent Singing in ENO’s Unsympathetic Production of Rameau’s Castor et Pollux
United Kingdom Rameau, Castor et Pollux: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera,Christian Curnyn (conductor). Coliseum, London, 24.10.2011 (MB)
A Glowing German Requiem from Gatti in Zurich
Switzerland Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem: Martina Jankova (Soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Orchestra of the Zurich Opera, Daniele Gatti (conductor), Camerata Vocale Freiburg, Tonhalle Zurich, 23.10.2011, (JR)