United Kingdom Strauss, Walton, and Prokofiev: Midori (violin), Nadzhda Serdiuk (mezzo-soprano), CBSO Chorus (chorus master: Simon Halsey), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2011 (MB)
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Young New Zealand Musicians Prepare to take on the World.
New Zealand Mendelssohn, R. Strauss, Alex Taylor, Poulenc; Auckland Youth Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Hutchinson (oboe), Antun Poljanich (conductor); Capitaine Bougainville Theatre, Forum North, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 23.7.2011 (PSe)
A Tosca for our Times: Sondra Radvanovsky in Madrid
Spain G. Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Madrid Symphonic Orchestra, Intermezzo Chorus, Renato Palumbo (conductor). Madrid Teatro Real. 28.07.2011 (JMI)
Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 1 ) – Schulhoff, Mozart, Korngold
Austria Schulhoff, Mozart, Korngold: Janine Jansen (v), Boris Brovtsyn (v), Maxim Rysanov (va), Amihai Grosz (va), Jens Peter Maintz (vc), and Torleif Thedéen (vc), Mozarteum, Salzburg, 30.7.2011 (JFL)
Prom 19 – Oliver Knussen conducts the BBCSO in a typically unusual programme
United Kingdom Honegger, Bridge, Berg, Castiglioni and Debussy: Claire Booth (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 29.7.2011 (CG)
Britten’s The Turn of the Screw Casts a Spell on Läckö Castle
Sweden Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Läckö Chamber Orchestra, Simon Phipps (conductor) Läckö Castle, Sweden, 26.7.2011 (NS)
A moving Simon Boccanegra in Buenos Aires
Argentina Verdi, Simon Boccanegra: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Stefano Ranzani, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 22.7.2011. (JSJ)
Longborough Festival Opera 2011 – Wagner’s Siegfried
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2011 – Wagner, Siegfried: (New production) Soloists, Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Negus, 28.7.2011. (JPr)