Haydn: Symphony No. 104 “London”: Paul Rissmann (presenter), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 20.5.2011 ( SRT )
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a Boys’ School at ENO
Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Leo Hussain (conductor). Coliseum, London, 19.5.2011 (MB)
All Together Now – Mahler and Beethoven from the East-Western Divan Orchestra
All Together Now – Mahler and Beethoven from the East-Western Divan Orchestra Conductor: Daniel Barenboim, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome , 18.5.2011
A Munich Jugendkonzert with Dutilleux, Mendelssohn, Kodaly and Stravinsky
Dutilleux, Mendelssohn, Kodály, Stravinsky: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra/Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Philharmonie, Gasteig, Munich, 11.5.2011 (MC)
A Triumphant ‘Resurrection’ in Birmingham
Mahler: Symphony No 2 in C minor, ‘Resurrection’. Jane Irwin (soprano), Renata Pokupić (mezzo-soprano), CBSO Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Kazushi Ono (conductor). Symphony Hall, Birmingham. 18.5.2011 (JQ)
Mixed results for the Liceu’s Freischütz
Weber, Der Freischütz: Soloists, Orquestra Simfònica y Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu. Conductor: Michael Boder. Liceu de Barcelona. 17 & 18. 5.2011 (JMI)
Bologna: Two Ernanis at the Teatro Comunale
Bologna’s Two Ernanis : Verdi’s Ernani at the Teatro Comunale, Bologna, 17.5.2011 (JB)
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra in New York (1) – Verdi’s “Otello”
Verdi, Otello (in concert) : Soloists, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 15.4.2011 (BH)