United Kingdom Mozart, Mahler: Till Fellner (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.5.2015. (JPr)
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Davis Makes Mahler Fourth ‘a Living, Breathing Organism’
United Kingdom Delius, Berg, Mahler: Erin Wall (soprano), Royal Scottish National Party, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 08.05.2015 (SRT)
An Imaginative but Ultimately Muddled Cosi
Germany Mozart: Così Fan Tutte, Komische Oper Orchestra, Uwe Sandner (conductor), Komische Oper Berlin, 7.5.2015 (JMI)
Domingo and a Superb Cast Triumph in Verdi at the Liceu
Spain Verdi: I Due Foscari, Liceu Orchestra and Chorus, Massimo Zanetti (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 3.5.2015 (JMI)
A Mixed Verdict on Dresden’s New Production of Weber’s Classic Opera
Germany Weber: Der Freischütz, Staatskapelle Dresden & Staatsopernchor Dresden, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 6.5.2015 (JMI)
Barbara Hannigan’s “Songs of Vienna”: An Enjoyable and Interesting Evening
United Kingdom Berg, Chausson, Mahler, Schoenberg, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss: Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Jacqueline Shave (violin), Miranda Dale (violin), Clare Finnimore (viola), Iain Farrington (piano and harmonium), Mark Knoop (piano), Milton Court, Guildhall School of Music, London, 7.5.2015 (AS)
Dorothea Röschmann and Dame Mitsuko Uchida: An Exceptional Partnership
United Kingdom Schumann and Berg: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 5.5.2015 (MB)
Tempora Mutantur: Is Bernstein’s MASS the Same Piece Now?
Bernstein, MASS: Soloists, Westminster Symphonic Choir (Joe Miller, director), Temple University Concert Choir (Paul Rardin, director), Joe Miller (choral preparation), The American Boychoir (Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, director), The Rock School for Dance Education (Bojan Spassoff (director), Temple University Diamond Marching Band (Matthew Brunner, director), student musicians from the School District of Philadelphia (Darren Lynch, musical preparation), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.4.2015 (BJ)