United States Strauss, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH. 16.6.2016 (RDA)
A Sublime, Edgy Die Fledermaus
This Week’s Review
Winning Barber and Shostakovich Usher Out a Record-Setting Season
Canada Morlock, Barber, Shostakovich: Chad Hoopes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 11.6.2016.(GN)
Christian Gerhaher offers Die schöne Müllerin in Song and Verse
Switzerland Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano), Opernhaus Zurich, Zurich, 15.6.2016. (RP)
Dutiful, Unexceptional Work from Conlon
United States Britten, Mozart, Dvořák: Jan Lisiecki (piano), San Francisco Symphony, James Conlon (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 11.6.2016 (HS)
Superlative Premiere of Pickard’s Emotional, Well Integrated Fifth Symphony
United Kingdom Pickard, Elgar, Walton: Alban Gerhardt (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 7.6.2016. (PCG)
Berlin’s Opera Season Nears the End with a Generally Satisfying Das Rheingold
Germany Wagner: Das Rheingold, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Schiller Theatre, Berlin, 11.6.2016 (JMI)
An Intense, Well-Played Performance of a Rare Ullmann Opera
Spain Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Teatro Real Orchestra, Pedro Halffter (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 10.6.2016 (JMI)
Fascinating and Stimulating Macbeth at Iford Manor
United Kingdom Verdi, Macbeth – Opera in four acts (sung in English): Soloists, CHROMA / Oliver Gooch (conductor), Iford Arts, Iford Manor, Wiltshire, 10.6.2016. (CR)