Spain Verdi, Don Carlo: Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra and Chorus / Ramón Tebar (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 21.12.2017. (JMI)
Highlights and Shadows Abound in This Don Carlo
This Week’s Review
Transported to Never Never Land with Jamie Barton and Kathleen Kelly
United States Various composers: Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano), Kathleen Kelly (piano), Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, 18.12.2017. (RP)
Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Magic Brightens the Darkness of the Berlin Winter
Germany Bartók and Mendelssohn: Vilde Frang (violin), Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Ladies of the Philharmonia Chor Wien (chorus master: Walter Zeh), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 21.12.2017. (MB)
Maria João Pires Bows Out Gracefully
Switzerland Mozart, Bruckner: Maria João Pires (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Bernard Haitink (conductor), Tonhalle Maag Zurich, 21.12.2017. (JR)
Kavakos and Wang Prove That Opposites Attract
United Kingdom Janáček, Schubert, Debussy, Bartók: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yuja Wang (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 19.12.2017. (CS)
Butt, Dunedin Consort and Soloists Charm with Lean and Subtle Messiah
United Kingdom Handel, Messiah: Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Emma Lewis (alto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Edward Grint (bass), Dunedin Consort / John Butt (harpsichord), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 19.12.2017. (SRT)
Klaus Florian Vogt Is Magnificent in the Deutsche Oper’s Lohengrin
Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Axel Kober (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 17.12.2017. (JMI)
Camerata Tchaikovsky Present an Eclectic and Exhilarating Christmas Stocking
United Kingdom Mozart, Cuéllar, Britten, Tchaikovsky: William Gough (bassoon), Karin Dahlberg (soprano), Camerata Tchaikovsky/Yuri Zhislin (director), Kings Place, London, 17.12.2017. (CS)
