This Week’s Review – Page 75 – Seen and Heard International

A Superb Cast, Led by Amanda Majeski, for the Royal Opera’s Katya Kabanova

22/02/201911/02/2019 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Janáček – Katya Kabanova: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 9.2.2019. (MB)

Susan Bickley (Kabanicha) & Amanda Majeski (Katya) (c) ROH/Clive Barda

Beatrice Rana’s Thrilling London Recital Far Exceeds Expectations

27/04/201908/02/2019 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Chopin, Ravel, Stravinsky/Agosti: Beatrice Rana (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 8.2.2019. (CC)

Pražák and Zemlinsky Quartets Combine for Two Sextets and Mendelssohn’s Octet

19/02/201908/02/2019 by Geoffrey Newman

Canada Dvořák , Schulhoff, Mendelssohn: Pražák Quartet (Jana Vonášková and Vlastimil Holek [violins], Josef Kluson [viola], Michal Kanka [cello]) and Zemlinsky Quartet (František Souček and Petr Střížek [violins], Petr Holman [viola], Vladimír Fortin [cello]), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 29.1.2019. (GN)

Pražák and Zemlinsky String Quartets © Mark Mushet

A Blood-Drenched Elektra in Chicago

19/02/201908/02/2019 by James Zychowicz

United States R. Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago / Donald Runnicles (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago. 2.2.2019. (JLZ)

Nina Stemme as Elektra at Lyric Opera of Chicago (c) Cory Weaver

Intellectual Curiosity and Musical Insight from the Britten Sinfonia at Wigmore Hall

19/02/201908/02/2019 by Claire Seymour

United Kingdom Mozart, Skryabin, Britten, Colin Matthews, R. Strauss: Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Britten Sinfonia, Wigmore Hall, London, 6.2.2019. (CS)

America Writ Large – The Brooklyn Art Song Society Presents the Songs of Aaron Copland

19/02/201904/02/2019 by Rick Perdian

United States Brooklyn Art Song Society – Iconoclasts IV. Aaron Copland: Kristina Bachrach (soprano), Dominic Armstrong (tenor), Jorell Williams (baritone), Michael Brofman (piano), Brent Funderburk, (piano), Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, 1.2.2019. (RP)

Heroism and Radiance in Canton, Ohio

19/02/201904/02/2019 by Tom Wachunas

United States Beethoven, R. Strauss: Canton Symphony Orchestra / Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattdt Performing Arts Hall, Canton, Ohio, 26.1.2019. (TW)

Bronfman Brings Precision and Elegance to Berkeley

19/02/201904/02/2019 by Harvey Steiman

United States Debussy, Schumann, Schubert: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Zellerbach Hall, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. 1.2.2019. (HS)

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