Musical Virtues of Staatsoper’s Meistersinger Hampered by Incoherent Production

GermanyGermany Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin. 21.4.2019. (MB)

Staatsoper’s Die Meistersinger (c) Bernd Uhlig

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The Komische Oper’s La bohème is More Memorable than Poro

GermanyGermany Puccini, La bohème and Handel, Poro: Soloists, Children’s Chorus (chorus director: Dagmar Fiebach), Chorus (chorus director: David Cavelius), and Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin / Jordan de Souza and Jörg Halubeck (conductors). Komische Oper, Berlin, 19. and 20.4.2019. (MB)

Komische Oper’s La bohème (c) Iko Freese/drama-berlin.de

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Fischer and Budapesters Combine Bartók, Pedagogy and Virtuosity

United StatesUnited States Bartók: István Kádár (violin), András Szabó (viola), Zsolt Fejérvári (bass), Márta Sebestyén (vocalist), Ildikó Komlósi (mezzo-soprano), Krisztián Cser (bass), Cantemus Choir (conductor: Dénes Szabó), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 5-6.4.2019. (BH)

Ivan Fischer (c) Marco Borggreve

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