Germany Verdi, Il trovatore: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 9.5.2018. (JMI)
Meade and Rachvelishvili Fly High in Deutsche Oper’s Il trovatore
This Week’s Review
Real Mastery from the Sacconi Quartet at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Dove, Haydn, Janáček: Sacconi Quartet (Ben Hancox & Hannah Dawson [violins], Robin Ashwell [viola], Cara Berridge [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 8.5.2018. (CS)
A New Production of Strauss’s Ever-Popular Die Fledermaus
Germany J. Strauss, Die Fledermaus: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 8.5. 2018. (JMI)
Musical Maritime Depictions Sensitively Juxtaposed by Vasily Petrenko
France Takemitsu, Chausson, and Zemlinsky: Michel Rousseau (alto flute), Nicolas Tulliez (harp), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Grande Salle Pierre Boulez, Philharmonie, Paris, 4.5.2018. (MB)
Simon Rattle and the LSO Perform Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde
United States Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde: Stuart Skelton (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), David Geffen Hall, New York, 6.5.2018. (RP)
Rubinstein’s The Demon, Almost Forgotten, Is Rediscovered with a Major European Tour
Spain Rubinstein, The Demon: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus / Mikhail Tatarnikov (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 5.5. 2018. (JMI)
Daniela Mack Sizzles as Carmen for Opera Philadelphia
United States Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Philadelphia Boys & Girls Choirs, Opera Philadelphia Chorus & Orchestra / Yves Abel (conductor), Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 4.5.2018. (RP)
L’Amour Triomphe: Rachel Podger Leads RAM Baroque Soloists to Triumph and Joy
United Kingdom Rameau, Telemann, Gluck: Rachel Podger (violin), Royal Academy of Music Baroque Soloists, Wigmore Hall, London, 6.5.2018. (CS)
1748 (colour engraving), French School, (18th century)
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