Opera North announces its 2011/2012 Season (RJF)
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Opera North’s Beethoven and Janáček in Salford
Beethoven, Janáček: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North, The Lowry, Salford Quays. 17-21.5.2011 (RJF)
Ludwig Van Beethoven : Fidelio. (1814). Sung in German with English titles.
Leos Janáček (1928): From the House of the Dead . Sung in English with English titles
Così At The Seaside in Cardiff
Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Daniele Rustioni, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 20.5.2011 (GPu)
Come to Finland for Il Tabarro. Stay home for the rest of Il Trittico.
Puccini, Il Trittico: Finnish National Opera chorus and children’s chorus, Mikko Franck (conductor) at the Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, 17.5.2011 (GF)
More ‘Mozart Unwrapped’ in London
Mozart: Cropper-Welsh-Roscoe Trio (Peter Cropper (violin), Moray Welsh (violoncello), Martin Roscoe (piano)). Hall One, Kings Place, London. 21.5.2011 (MB)
Graham Vick’s first ever Cav and Pag is in Athens
Graham Vick talks about his first ever production of “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “I Pagliacci”: opening at the Herodes Atticus Theater in Athens on 1.6.2011 – further performances on 3, 4, and 5.6.2011 (BM)
Mahler No 2: Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Explore the Cosmos
Mahler: Anja Harteros (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Mariss Jansons (conductor), Philharmonie, Gasteig, Munich, 13.5.2011. (MC)
Lang Lang uninspiring in Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky Trios
Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky: Lang Lang (piano); Vadim Repin (violin); Mischa Maisky (cello). Royal Festival Hall, 9.5.2011 (CC)