Germany Mahler: Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons (conductor), Berlin Musikfest 2015, Philharmonie, Berlin 5.9.15 (MC)
c Marco Borggreve
Andris Nelsons Gives Awe-Inspiring Performance of Mahler’s Sixth
c Marco Borggreve
Berlin
c Marco Borggreve
San Francisco Symphony Performs Memorably in Berlin
Germany Schoenberg, Adams, Beethoven: St. Lawrence String Quartet, San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas, Berlin Musikfest 2015, Philharmonie, Berlin 4.9.15 (MC)
c Bill Swerbenski
A Revelatory Telemann from René Jacobs and the Akademie für Alte Musik
Germany Telemann: Emma und Eginhard, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs (conductor), Berlin Schiller Theatre, 10.5.2015 (JMI)
A Staged-Concert Version of Abduction From the Seraglio Disappoints
Germany Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsopernchor, Christopher Moulds (Conductor), Schiller Theatre, Berlin, 9.5.2015 (JMI)
A Compelling Berlioz Opera Returns to the Berlin Stage
Germany Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Jacques Lacombe (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 8.5.2015 (JMI)
An Imaginative but Ultimately Muddled Cosi
Germany Mozart: Così Fan Tutte, Komische Oper Orchestra, Uwe Sandner (conductor), Komische Oper Berlin, 7.5.2015 (JMI)
Compact Drama: Moses und Aron at the Komische Oper Berlin
Germany Schoenberg. The Choir of the Komische Oper Berlin and Vocalconsort Berlin. Robert Hayward (Moses), John Daszak (Aron), Vladimir Jurowski (Musical direction), Barrie Kosky (Staging). Komische Oper Berlin. 19.04.15 (HR)
A Drama of Extremes: La Damnation de Faust in Berlin
Berlioz: Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Charles Castronovo (tenor, Faust) Joyce DiDanato (mezzo-soprano, Marguerite), Ludovic Tézier (bass Méphistophélès), Florian Boesch (bass, Brander), Simon Halsey (chorus director), Berlin Philharmonikier, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berlin Philharmonie, 10.04.15 (HR) Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust Not quite an opera and not quite a pure concert work, Hector Berlioz’s La Damnation … Read more