Fedele, Staud, and Mantovani: Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Robin Meier (IRCAM sound realisation), Franck Berthoux (IRCAM sound engineer), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Salle des concerts, Cité de la musique, Paris, 17.6.2011 (MB)
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Longborough Festival Opera’s Così with a modern slant
Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera/Gianluca Marcianò (conductor), Longborough, 16.6.2011 (RJ)
Dame Gillian Weir puts Cirencester’s new organ through its paces
Peeters, Liszt, CPE Bach, Dupré, Franck, Buxtehude, Ives, Bovet, Mushel : Dame Gillian Weir, Church of St John the Baptist, Cirencester, 18.6.2011 (RJ)
Conductor and Orchestra save the day in Palais Garnier’s Così fan tutte
Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris/ Philippe Jordan (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 16.6.2011 (MB)
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2011 – The Main Prize Final Review
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2011 : And the Winner is…………….. (BK)
Semi-staged Barbican Idomeneo lives up to expectations
Mozart, Idomeneo, re di Creta, K 366: (Semi-Staged Performance) Balthasar Neumann Ensemble and Choir/Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor) Barbican Hall, London, 11.6.2011 (GD)
Birmingham celebrates Symphony Hall’s coming of age in style
Birmingham celebrates Symphony Hall’s coming of age in style (JQ)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra unveils 2011/12 season
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra unveils 2011/12 season