Austria Boulez: Klangforum Wie / Baldur Brönnimann (conductor). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 19.6.2017. (MB)
This Week’s Review
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
Petrenko Conducts Bell in Lalo, plus a Glinka Rarity
United States Glinka, Lalo, Rachmaninoff: Joshua Bell (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 16.6.2017. (HS)
Israeli Chamber Project Scores at Montréal Chamber Music Festival
Canada Weber, Bartók, Ran, Brahms: Israeli Chamber Project (Tibi Cziger, clarinet; Yehonatan Berick and Carmit Zori, violins; Vitai Zori, viola; Michal Korman, cello; and Assaff Weisman, piano), Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montréal, 13.6.2017. (LV)
Sterling Korngold and Mahler from Baiba Skride and Bramwell Tovey
Canada Tovey, Korngold, Mahler: Marion Newman (mezzo-soprano), Baiba Skride (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Vancouver, 10.6.2017. (GN)
Yuja Wang Conquers the Piano World and Beyond in a Monumental Bartók Program
United States Stravinsky, Bartók, Janáček: Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Los Angeles Master Chorale/Grant Gershon (director), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles. (DLD)