United States Mozart Le nozze di Figaro: Curtis Opera Theatre, soloists, Karina Canellakis (conductor), Jordan Fein (director), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 8.5.2016 (BJ)
This Week’s Review
Adamo’s Little Women Beautifully Staged by The Mannes Opera
United States Adamo: Little Women, Soloists, The Mannes Opera, The Mannes Orchestra, Joseph Colaneri (conductor), Gerald W. Lynch Theater, New York, 6.05.2016 (RP)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad and the London Chamber Orchestra Successfully Draw Young People into Music-Making
United Kingdom Catel, Haydn, Frances-Hoad, Beethoven: London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 6.5.2016 (CS)
Leif Ove Andsnes Leads From the Front in Mozart
United Kingdom Mozart, Bruckner: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director); London Symphony Orchestra/Claus Peter Flor (conductor – Bruckner). Barbican Hall, London, 6.5.2016 (CC)
Bryn Terfel: Master of the Celebrity Concert
Canada Ibert, Schumann, Schubert, et al: Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Natalia Katyukova (piano), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 4.5.2016 (GN)
Lucy Parham Brings the Chopin-Sand Relationship to Life
United Kingdom Nocturne: The Romantic Life of Frédéric Chopin: Lucy Parham (piano) with Dame Harriet Walter and Alex Jennings, Chipping Campden Music Festival, St James’s Church, Chipping Campden, 8.5.2016. (RJ)
St. Matthew Passion at the International Bach Festival in Schaffhausen
Switzerland Bach: Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh (conductor), Chorus I: Mhairi Lawson, Anna Stéphany, Nicholas Mulroy, Benjamin Appl. Chorus II: Sophie Junker, Helen Charlston, Thomas Walker, Stephan Loges. Kirche St. Johann, Schaffhausen 5.5.2016. (JR)
Authentic and Scintillating Bartók from Isabelle Faust
Canada Mozart, Bartók, Dvořák: Isabelle Faust (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 30.4.2016. (GN)
