Spain Wagner, Parsifal: Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 18.4.2016. (JMI)
Bychkov’s Outstanding Parsifal
This Week’s Review
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)
Gergiev Brings Prokofiev’s Great Ballet Score Vividly to Life
United Kingdom Prokofiev: Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery Gergiev (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 18.4.2016. (AS)
An Accomplished Dance Company with Heart and Spirit
United States Various composers, Dwight Rhoden (choreography): Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 17.4.2016. (JRo)
Premieres for Timpani and Clarinet: Quite a Sight
United States Bernstein, Wright, Leshnoff, and Prokofiev: Don S. Liuzzi (timpani), Ricardo Morales (clarinet), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 15.4.2016. (BJ)
Grandeur and Informality Co-Exist in Tharaud’s Ravel
United States Weill, Ravel, and Gershwin: Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.4.2016. (BJ)
A Stimulating Schubert Recital by Julian Prégardien and James Baillieu
United Kingdom Schubert: Julian Prégardien (tenor); James Baillieu (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 17.4.2016. (CC)