France Prokofiev: Betrothal in a Monastery, Capitole Orchestra and Chorus, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, 24.5.2015 (JMI)
A Superb Reading of Prokofiev in Toulouse
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Having a Ball: Rossini’s La Cenerentola Returns to Gothenburg
Sweden Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola Soloists, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra and male chorus, dancers, Giancarlo Andretta (conductor), Gothenburg Opera main stage, 14.5.2015 (NS)
An Excellent Nabucco Closes the Valencia Season
Spain Verdi: Nabucco, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra and Chorus, Ramón Tebar (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 14.5.2015 (JMI)
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A Fresh Look at Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra
United States Samuel Adams, Mozart, Bartók: Alexander Barantschik (violin), Jonathan Vinocour (viola), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 22.5.2015 (HS)
A Choreographer Explores What We Lose When We Forget
United States Memoriam (In Memory of Memory): MamLuft&Co. Dance, Jeanne Mam-Luft (artistic director), Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio. 22.5.2015 (RDA)
Franco-Belgian Collaboration Brings Dance to Bach’s Music
United Kingdom J.S. Bach, Partita 2: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Boris Charmatz, Amandine Beyer, Rosas, Sadler’s Wells, London, 22.5.2015 (J.O’D)
Peter Pan Joins Canon of Opera’s Mythic Narratives with Mixed Results
United Kingdom Ayres, Peter Pan: (Company Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Erik Nielsen (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 23.5.2015 (GPu)
The Imaginative Richness of Christian Tetzlaff’s Beethoven: Exciting and Memorable
United Kingdom Beethoven and Brahms: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Sally Matthews (soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone), , London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 24.5.2015 (CS)