United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / Douglas Boyd, Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 5.6.2016 (CR)
This Week’s Review
Clever and Amusing L’italiana in Algeri at Garsington
United Kingdom Rossini, L’italiana in Algeri: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / David Parry, Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 4.6.2016. (CR)
Bartók and Kurtág Tellingly Juxtaposed by Cédric Tiberghien
United Kingdom Bartók and Kurtág: Cédric Tiberghien (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 24.5.2016 (MB)
Chamber Music in the Small: Angela Cheng Helps Vetta Celebrate 30 Years
Canada Schubert, Mozart, Brahms: Angela Cheng (piano), Joan Blackman and Jennie Press (violins), Nicolo Eugelmi (viola), Brian Yoon (cello), Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 27.5.2016 (GN)
More Superb Stravinsky from Salonen and the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Stravinsky: Soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre, Philharmonia Orchestra and Voices/Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.5.2016. (CS)
San Francisco Goes ‘On The Town’
United States Bernstein, On the Town: Soloists, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (Ragnar Bohlin, director), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 25.5.2016. (HS)
Angela Denoke Triumphs in The Makropulos Affair
Germany Janáček: Věc Makropulos, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 24.5.2016 (JMI)
Lohengrin Revival Provides a Night to Remember in Dresden
Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Herren des Sinfoniechores Dresden, Extrachor der Semperoper Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Semperoper, Dresden, 19.5.2016. (MC)