Spain Verdi, Macbeth (semi-staged): Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real / James Conlon (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 17.7.2017. (JMI)
The Teatro Real Audience Pays Tribute to Plácido Domingo
This Week’s Review
Ermonela Jaho Triumphs in Teatro Real’s Madama Butterfly
Spain Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 15 & 16.7.2017. (JMI)
Some Rare Visitors to the Concert Hall in Ohio
United States Milhaud, Roussel, Beethoven: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 15.07.2017 (MSJ)
A Feverish Flute That Would Have Pleased Its Composer
United States Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera. Aronoff Centre, Cincinnati, OH. 15.7.2017. (RDA)
Aspen Music Festival (3): Mostly Violin and Piano, in a Week of Lots of Brahms
United States Aspen Music Festival [3] – Chausson, Smetana, Schubert, Fauré, Brahms, Barber, Saint-Saëns, Leclair, J.S. Bach, Handel, Purcell: Soloists, Nicolas McGegan (conductor), Benedict Music Tent and Harris Hall, Aspen, CO. 10-13.7.2017. (HS)
Opera Holland Park Captivate with Janáček’s Kát’a Kabanová
United Kingdom Janáček, Kát’a Kabanová: (Sung in Czech) Soloists; Opera Holland Park Chorus; City of London Sinfonia / Sian Edwards (conductor). Holland Park, Kensington, London, 15.7.2017. (CC)
Diana Damrau Continues to Be the Great Lucia of the Century
Germany Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus / Oksana Lyniv (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 13.7.2017. (JMI)
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A Mightily Refreshing Account of The Rake’s Progress
France Festival d’Aix en Provence [1] Stravinsky, The Rake’s Progress: Soloists, English Voices (chorus master: Tim Brown), Orchestre de Paris / Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor), Théâtre de l’Archevêché, Aix, 11.7.2017. (MB)
