Italy Giordano, La cena delle beffe: Teatro alla Scala orchestra, Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Milan’s La Scala, 20.4.2016. (JMI)
Rare Giordano in Milan
This Week’s Review
Schrott Shines In Colón Don Giovanni
Argentina Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra. Conductor: Marc Piollet, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 12.4.2016. (JSJ)
Colourful Walton and Icily Majestic Sibelius from Van Steen and the Bournemouth SO
United Kingdom Wagner, Walton, Sibelius: Quirine Viersen (cello), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole 20.4.2016. (IL)
Faustian concept cleverly updated by MacRae and Walsh in The Devil Inside
United Kingdom Stuart MacRae, The Devil Inside: Music Theatre Wales / Michael Rafferty (conductor), Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 18.4.2016. (GR)
Yundi’s Chopin Recital: A Decidedly Mixed Experience
United Kingdom Chopin: Yundi (piano), Royal Festival Hall, London, 19.4.2016. (CC)
Bychkov’s Outstanding Parsifal
Spain Wagner, Parsifal: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 18.4.2016. (JMI)
An Operatic Hamlet for our Time
Sweden Ambroise Thomas, Hamlet: Soloists, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Extra Chorus, Henrik Schaefer (conductor), Gothenburg Opera main stage, 9.4.2016. (NS)
Quartetto di Cremona’s Shapely Beethoven—and a Surprising Encore
United States Boccherini, Respighi, Beethoven: Quartetto di Cremona (Cristiano Gualco, Paolo Androili, violins; Simone Gramaglia, viola; Giovanni Scaglione, cello), presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Hall, San Francisco. 16.4.2016. (HS)