This Week’s Review – Page 40 – Seen and Heard International

Much to ponder in the new production of Tristan und Isolde in Leipzig

26/10/201907/10/2019 by Mark Berry

Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Leipzig Opera Chorus (chorus director: Thomas Eitler-de Lint), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Ulf Schirmer (conductor). Leipzig Opera House, Leipzig, 5.10.2019. (MB)

Oper Leipzig’s *Tristan und Isolde* (c) Tom Schulze

Intelligent and largely convincing performances of Mozart and Haydn in Berlin

26/10/201907/10/2019 by Mark Berry

Germany Mozart and Haydn: Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Ádám Fischer (conductor, piano). Philharmonie, Berlin, 4.10.2019. (MB)

Vienna Symphony with Philippe Jordan and Julia Fischer make splendid impression in Zurich

26/10/201907/10/2019 by John Rhodes

Switzerland Brahms: Julia Fischer (violin), Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Philippe Jordan (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 6.10.2019. (JR)

Dramatically searing Verdi Requiem in Cardiff

26/10/201905/10/2019 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United Kingdom Verdi, Requiem: Vlada Borovko (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), David Soar (bass), BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales / Richard Farnes (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 3.10.2019. (PCG)

Delightful, effervescent and so much fun: The Love for Three Oranges in Philadelphia

26/10/201905/10/2019 by Rick Perdian

United States Festival O19 [3] – Prokofiev, The Love for Three Oranges: Soloists, Opera Philadelphia Chorus & Orchestra / Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 29.9.2019. (RP)

Jonathan Johnson (Prince), Ben Wager (Farfarello) and Barry Banks (Truffaldino)
© Kelly & Massa

Nicolai’s best-known opera finely sung and played in Berlin

26/10/201904/10/2019 by Mark Berry

Germany Nicolai, Die lustige Weiben von Windsor: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 3.10.2019. (MB)

Rossini’s Barber opens a new season at Lyric Opera of Chicago

26/10/201904/10/2019 by James Zychowicz

United States Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago. 28.9.2019. (JLZ)

Adam Plachetka, Marianne Crebassa, & Lawrence Brownlee
in *The Barber of Seville* (c) Todd Rosenberg

With the Cleveland Orchestra, Welser-Möst’s expertise is growing

26/10/201904/10/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United States Neuwirth, Mahler: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 26.9.2019. (MSJ)

The Cleveland Orchestra, Nathaniel Silberschlag (principal horn), and Franz Welser-Möst (conductor)
(c) Roger Mastroianni

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