Canada Bach, Beethoven, Chopin: Denis Brott (cello), Jan Lisiecki (piano), Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montréal, 13.6.2017. (LV)
At the Montréal Chamber Music Festival, Transcendence from Brott and Lisiecki
This Week’s Review
Telemann Honoured in Style by Florilegium
United Kingdom Telemann 250th Anniversary Concert: Florilegium [Marta Goncalves (flute); Bojan Cicic, Magdalena Loth-Hill (violins); Elitsa Bogdanova (viola); Jennifer Motsches (cello); Reiko Ichise (viola da gamba); Carina Cosgrove (double-bass); Pawel Siwczak (harpsichord/chamber organ)] / Ashley Solomon (flute/director) with Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano). Wigmore Hall, London, 25.6.2017. (CC)
Inconsistent Vocals Mediated by Strong Conducting: Verdi’s La traviata at the Royal Opera
United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Cast, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 24.6.2017. (CC)
Hrůša and Faust Make Fine Impression at the Tonhalle
Switzerland Bartók, Schumann, Janáček: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Jakob Hrůša (conductor), Isabelle Faust (violin) Tonhalle, Zurich, 23.6.2017. (JR)
An Unforgettable End to the Vienna Konzerthaus’s Boulez Festival
Austria Boulez: Klangforum Wie / Baldur Brönnimann (conductor). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 19.6.2017. (MB)
Zurich Opera’s First Exploration into Operetta Does Not Quite Hit the Mark
Switzerland Lehár, The Land of Smiles: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich 19.6.2017. (JR)
WNO’s ‘Musically Glorious’ Rosenkavalier shines in a Perceptive and Focused Production
United Kingdom Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 10.6.2017. (GPu)
Puccini’s Bohemians Move to the 1930s
United States Puccini, La bohème: Cincinnati Opera, Natascha Metherell (director) / Louis Langrée (conductor), Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH. 15.6.2017. (RDA)
Production:
Stage Director – Natascha Metherell
Scenic & Costume – Designer Isabella Bywater
Lighting Designer – Thomas C. Hase
Hair & Make-up – Designer James Geier
Chorus Master – Henri Venanzi
Cast:
Mimì – Nicole Cabell
Musetta – Jessica Rivera
Rodolfo – Sean Panikkar
Marcello – Rodion Pogossov
Colline – Nathan Stark
Schaunard – Edward Nelson
Benoit/Alcindoro – Marco Nisticò