United Kingdom Stravinsky: London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Concert Hall, London, 21.9.2017 and 24.9.2017. (AS)
This Week’s Review
Celebrating Bernstein in Style, with the Legacy of the Jets and the Sharks
United States Bernstein: Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano), Ryan McKinny (bass-baritone), Nicholas Hu (boy soprano), San Francisco Symphony and Chorus / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 23.9.2017. (HS)
‘Achieved is the glorious work’. A Splendid Haydn Performance Launches the CBSO’s 2017/18 Season.
United Kingdom Haydn: Lydia Teuscher (soprano); Thomas Hobbs (tenor); Matthew Brook (bass-baritone); CBSO Chorus; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 21.9.2017. (JQ)
Alain Altinoglu’s Auspicious Debut with the Berliner Phlharmoniker
Germany Ravel, Bartók, Debussy, and Roussel: Máté Szűcs (viola), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Alain Altinoglu (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 21.9.2017. (MB)
Figaro Gets a Divorce
Switzerland Langer, Figaro Gets a Divorce: Soloists, Basel Sinfonietta / Justin Brown (conductor), Geneva, 19.9.2017. (ALL)
Saving the Best for Last – Mussorgsky’s Khovanschina at the Wiener Staatsoper
Austria Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Soloists, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Wiener Staatsoper Children’s Chorus, Chorus & Orchestra / Michael Güttler (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 11.9.2017. (RP)
A Vocally Splendid but Confused Aida
United States Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Washington National Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Evan Rogister (conductor), Washington National Opera, The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC. 15.9.2017. (RR)
The LSO are Memorable Berlioz as Part of the This is Rattle Festival
United Kingdom Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust: Bryan Hymel (Faust); Karen Cargill (Marguerite); Christopher Purves (Méphistophélès); Gábor Bretz (Brander); Tiffin Boys’ Choir; Tiffin Girls’ Choir; London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 7.9.2017. (CC)