This Week’s Review – Page 209 – Seen and Heard International

Opera North’s Ring Launched as full cycle to glorious effect

16/05/202125/05/2016 by John Leeman

United Kingdom Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North/ Richard Farnes (conductor). Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, 23.4.2016 – 21.5.2016. (JL)

Michael Druitt as Wotan, Jo Polheim as Alberich and Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke as Loge. Photo credit: Clive Barda. — Michael Druitt (Wotan), Jo Polheim (Alberich) and
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Loge) (c) Clive Barda.

Downbeat Atmosphere in Verve’s Performances

29/05/201625/05/2016 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Various composers, Thank You For Coming, A Soft Target,The Thin Veil, Almost Poetic: Verve, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, The Place, London, 21. 05. 2015. (J.O’D)

Explosive Power from Israel Philharmonic in Shostakovich’s Sixth Symphony

29/05/201625/05/2016 by Michael Cookson

Germany Tchaikovsky, Wolpe, Shostakovich: David Garrett (violin), Jacob Reuven (mandolin), Heidi Steger (accordion), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Frauenkirche, Dresden, 18.5.2016. (MC)

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; photo credit - Shai Skiff. — Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; photo credit – Shai Skiff.

Magical Mozart from Mackintosh and Mews

29/05/201624/05/2016 by Paul Serotsky

New Zealand Mozart: Catherine Mackintosh (violin), Douglas Mews (fortepiano), The Old Library Arts Centre, Whangarei, New Zealand. 10.5.2016 (Pse)

A Delightful Account of Acis and Galatea

29/05/201624/05/2016 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Handel: Soloists, Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (director/harpsichord), Milton Court, Barbican, London, 21.5.2016 (CC)

Hope Springs Eternal with Lang Lang—Imperfect Pleasures with Mahler

29/05/201623/05/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United States Rachmaninoff and Mahler/Cooke: Lang Lang (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 14.5.2016 (BJ)

Conlon Leads Powerful Concert Otello

29/05/201623/05/2016 by Rafael De Acha

United States Verdi, Otello: (concert performance): Soloists, Cincinnati May Festival, James Conlon (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio, 22.5.2016 (RDA)

Ian Bostridge’s Return to the War Songs Leaves a Less Chilling Spell

29/05/201623/05/2016 by Geoffrey Newman

Canada Mahler, Stephan, Butterworth, Weill, Britten: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Wenwen Du (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, 18.5.2016. (GN)

Ian Bostridge and Wenwen Du © Vancouver Recital Society.

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