Germany Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Children’s Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Staatsopernchor Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Schillertheater, Berlin, 16.4.2011. (MB)
Mark Berry
The Tsar’s Bride at The Royal Opera
Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tsar’s Bride: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 14.4.2011 (MB)
Christopher Maltman (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano) at Wigmore Hall, London,
Fauré, Schumann, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Hahn, and Mahler: Christopher Maltman (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 11.4.2011 (MB)
Angela Hewitt and the Britten Sinfonia
Bach, Stravinsky, Mozart, and Bach-Sitkovetsky: Angela Hewitt (piano), Britten Sinfonia, Thomas Gould (leader/director). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 4.4.2011 (MB)
Günter Krämer’s Siegfried At Opéra Bastille
Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 30.3.2011 (MB)
Bruno Mantovani’s Akhmatova in Paris
Bruno Mantovani, Akhmatova: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra National de Paris (chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert), Pascal Rophé (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 31.3.2011 (MB)
Katya Kabanova in Paris
Janáček, Katya Kabanova: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert), Tomáš Netopil (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 1.4.2011 (MB)