This Week’s Review – Page 108 – Seen and Heard International

A Vivid Rigoletto in a Timeless Staging at LA Opera

16/08/202014/05/2018 by Jane Rosenberg

United States Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / Matthew Aucoin (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 12.5.2018. (JRo)

Juan Jesus Rodriguez & Lisette Oropesa in *Rigoletto* (c) Ken Howard/LA Opera

Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s Expert Traversal of Ligeti’s Études

30/05/201814/05/2018 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Ligeti in Wonderland: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) plus post-performance discussion. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 12.5.2018. (CC)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (c) Marco Borggreve

The Inaugural BERGfrühling Opens with Wonderful Performances in a Wonderful Location

21/05/201811/05/2018 by Mark Berry

Austria BERGfrühling [1] – Schubert, Weber, Berg: Alban Berg Ensemble Wien (Sylvia Careddu [flute], Alexander Neubauer [clarinet], Ariane Haering [piano], Sebastian Gürtler, Régis Bringolf [violins], Subin Lee [viola], Florian Berner [cello]), Ivan Kitanović (double bass). Alban Berg Saal, Carinthian Music Academy, Ossiach, 10.5.2018. (MB)

Leipzig Opera’s Ring Cycle Begins with a Convincing Das Rheingold

21/05/201811/05/2018 by José Irurzun

Germany Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists of Leipzig Opera, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Ulf Schirmer (conductor), Leipzig Opera House, 10.5.2018. (JMI)

Das Rheingold © T. Schulz — Leipzig Opera’s *Das Rheingold* © T. Schulz

St John Passion of Highest Quality at International Bach Festival

21/05/201811/05/2018 by John Rhodes

Switzerland J.S. Bach: Chorus and Orchestra of the J.S. Bach-Stiftung/Rudolf Lutz (conductor), Julia Doyle (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Daniel Johannsen (tenor – Evangelist), Peter Harvey (bass – Jesus), Johannes Kaleschke (tenor – arias), Matthias Helm (bass – Pilatus), Stadtkirche St. Johann, Schaffhausen 10.5.2018 (JR)

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A Vivid Rigoletto in a Timeless Staging at LA Opera

Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s Expert Traversal of Ligeti’s Études

The Inaugural BERGfrühling Opens with Wonderful Performances in a Wonderful Location

Leipzig Opera’s Ring Cycle Begins with a Convincing Das Rheingold

St John Passion of Highest Quality at International Bach Festival

A Remarkable Recital by Khatia Buniatishvili

Gergiev and Mariinsky Frustrating in Tchaikovsky Cycle

Scarlatti ‘Triumph’ In Buenos Aires