United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Joshua Bell (violin), Arisa Fujita (violin), Amihai Grosz (viola), Rachel Roberts (viola), Steven Isserlis (cello), Dénes Várjon (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 24.7.2017. (CS)
This Week’s Review
Aspen Music Festival (6): Ravel’s L’enfant and Zemlinsky’s Mermaid
United States Aspen Music Festival [6] – Ravel, Leshnoff, Norman, Fauré, Schoenberg, Enescu, Elgar, Franck, Hillborg, Liszt, Zemlinsky: Soloists, Aspen Chamber Symphony / Robert Spano (conductor), Aspen Contemporary Ensemble / Timothy Weiss (conductor), Aspen Festival Orchestra / Andrey Boreyko (conductor). Benedict Music Tent, Harris Hall. 21-23.7.2017. (HS)
Anja Harteros Comes to the Rescue of a Tedious Verdi Production
Germany Munich Opera Festival 2017 [3] – Verdi, La forza del destino: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus / Asher Fisch (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 23.7.2017. (JMI)
Aspen Music Festival (5): Lugansky Conquers Rachmaninoff, Premieres by Anna Clyne and Steven Franklin
United States Aspen Music Festival [5] – Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, R. Strauss, Anna Clyne Prokofiev, Hillborg, Franklin, Gabrieli/Hanzlik: Soloists, Aspen Opera Center Singers and Orchestra, Aspen Philharmonic / George Manahan (conductor), American Brass Quintet. Wheeler Opera House, Harris Hall, Benedict Music Tent. Aspen, Colorado. 17-20.7.2017. (HS)
Absent Islamic Composers Increase an Evening’s Impact
United States Mofakham, Jabri, Yazdani, Shirazi, Dakouri: Friends of MATA / Carl Christian Bettendorf (conductor), DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York City. 8.7.2017. (DS)
A Disappointing New Production of Il trovatore at the Liceu
Spain Verdi, Il trovatore: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus / Daniele Callegari (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 18 & 20.7.2017. (JMI)
Troubadours Work Wonders in Whangarei
New Zealand Haydn, Shostakovich, Schubert: Troubadour Quartet (Arna Morton, violin; Rebecca Wang, violin; Elyse Dalabakis, viola; Anna-Marie Alloway, cello); The Old Library Music Centre, Whangarei, New Zealand. 16.7.2017. (PSe)
The Cradle Will Rock with Orchestra, Just as Blitzstein Intended
United States Blitzstein, The Cradle Will Rock: Opera Saratoga Orchestra and Chorus / John Mauceri (conductor). Spa Little Theater, Saratoga Springs, 16.7.2017. (RP)
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