United States Handel, Rameau and Bach: Juilliard415, William Christie (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 29.10.2015 (SSM)
William Christie Conducts Juilliard415 and Les Arts Florissants with Results that Amaze
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WNO’s Gruesome Sweeney Todd Brings Madness to the Musical Theatre
United Kingdom Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – A Musical Thriller: Soloists and Orchestras of Welsh National Opera/James Southall (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 29.10.2015. (RJF)
RSNO Celebrates Hallowe’en with Ghosts, Skeletons and Music
United Kingdom RSNO Children’s Classic Concerts: Magic and Monsters: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, RSNO Junior Chorus, Jean-Claude Picard (conductor), Devised and presented by Owen Gunnell and Oliver Cox, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 01.11.2015 (SRT)
A Trio of Adventurers, Exploring the Voice’s Outer Regions
United States Resonant Bodies III: Rachel Calloway, Jeffrey Gavett, Kate Soper: Roulette, Brooklyn, NY, 11.9.2015 (BH)
Sumptuous Sound from James Levine in the Met’s Traditional Tannhäuser
United States Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / James Levine (conductor). Broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, 31.10.2015. (JPr)
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Bustling Scandinavian Bohème Confounds the Critics
Switzerland Puccini: La Bohème: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Giampaolo Bisanti, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 1.11.2015 (JR)
The Intrigue of the Paganini Variations: World Premiere of Poul Ruders’ Piano Concerto no. 3
Canada Ruders, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky and Sibelius: Anne-Marie McDermott (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 24.10.2015 (GN)
Jake Heggie’s Moby Dick: Expansive Yet Intimate
Heggie: Moby Dick, LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 31.10.2015-28.11.2015 (JRo) Cast: Captain Ahab: Jay Hunter Morris Greenhorn: Joshua Guerrero Starbuck, first mate: Morgan Smith Queequeg, a harpooner: Musa Ngqungwana Pip, cabin boy: Jacqueline Echols Stubb, second mate: Malcolm MacKenzie Flask, third mate: Matthew O’Neill Captain Gardiner: Nicholas Brownlee … Read more