Austria Ives, Hartmann, Mahler, Mozart: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Cornelius Meister (conductor), Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 14.8.2011 (JFL)
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Prom 55 – Fine performances compensate an unsatisfactory Rinaldo
United Kingdom Handel, Rinaldo : (Semi-staged) Soloists, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ottavio Dantone (conductor) Royal Albert Hall London 25.8.2011 (MMB)
New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival Winds Down
United States Mostly Mozart (6): Mozart Festival Orchestra, Jérémie Rhorer (Conductor), Bertrand Chamayou (Piano), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 23.8.2011 (SSM)
Samantha Womack “a revelation” in slick ‘South Pacific’ revival
United Kingdom Rodgers and Hammerstein, South Pacific: (Lincoln Center Theater Production) Barbican Theatre, London, 25.8.2011 (JPr)
Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 12 ) – Camerata Salzburg 1
Austria Ives, Hartmann, Mahler, Mozart: Camerata Salzburg, Maria João Pires (piano), Kent Nagano (conductor), Mozarteum Grand Concert Hall, Salzburg, 12.8.2011 (JFL)
Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (11) – Haydn opera fails to grip despite committed performances
United Kingdom Haydn, Orlando Paladino: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, René Jacobs (conductor). Usher Hall, 25.8.2011 (SRT)
Local premiere of Tristan und Isolde in La Plata
Argentina Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists and Orchestra of Teatro Argentino. Conductor: Alejo Pérez, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 19.8.2011. (JSJ)
Salzburg Festival 2011 – The Hagen Quartet masterly in Schubert
Austria Schubert: Hagen Quartet (Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt (violins), Veronika Hagen (viola), Clemens Hagen (cello)). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 23.8.2011 (MB)