Mark Berry – Page 28 – Seen and Heard International

Fine conspectus of Kurt Weill from the LSO and Simon Rattle

30/04/2022 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Weill: Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples, Alessandro Fisher (tenors), Ross Ramgobin (baritone), Florian Boesch (bass-baritone), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 28.4.2022. (MB)

Magdalena Kožená, Sir Simon Rattle, Andrew Staples Alessandro Fisher, Ross Ramgobin, Florian Boesch and the LSO (c) Mark Allan

Vincent Huguet’s admirably sung Berlin Don Giovanni has an air of missed opportunity

23/04/2022 by Mark Berry

Germany Berlin Festtage [5] – Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 17.4.2022. (MB)

Michael Volle (Don Giovanni). Peter Rose (Commendatore) and Riccardo Fassi (Leoporello) (c) Matthias Baus

Barrie Kosky’s exuberant, all-singing, all-dancing Orpheus at the Komische Oper

22/04/2022 by Mark Berry

Germany Monteverdi (arr. Kats-Chernin), L’Orfeo: Soloists, Dancers, Chorus (chorus master: David Caevlius) and Orchestra of the Komische Oper / Matthew Toogood (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 16.4.2022. (MB)

Dominik Köninger (Orpheus) and Peter Renz (Amor) © Iko Freese

Così fan tutte is more confused and confusing Mozart in Berlin

16/04/202216/04/2022 by Mark Berry

Germany Berlin Festtage [4] – Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Giuseppe Mentuccia (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 14.4.2022 (MB)

Vincent Huguet’s production of *Così fan tutte* (c) Matthias Baus

Manfred Honeck leads a thoughtful presentation of Mozart in Dresden

12/04/2022 by Mark Berry

Germany Mozart, Haydn, and Gregorian Chant: Nikola Hillebrand (soprano), Marie Henriette Reinhold (contralto), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor), Mikhail Timoshenko (bass), Ulrich Tukur (reciter), Dresden Chamber Choir (chorus director: Tobias Mäthger), Dresden Kreuzchor (chorus director: Karl Pohlandt), Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Manfred Honeck (conductor). Semperoper, Dresden, 11.4.2022 (MB)

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Fine conspectus of Kurt Weill from the LSO and Simon Rattle

Vincent Huguet’s admirably sung Berlin Don Giovanni has an air of missed opportunity

Barrie Kosky’s exuberant, all-singing, all-dancing Orpheus at the Komische Oper

Così fan tutte is more confused and confusing Mozart in Berlin

Manfred Honeck leads a thoughtful presentation of Mozart in Dresden

Superb musicianship at odds with a dire production of Le nozze di Figaro at the Berlin Festtage

Masterly pianism from Igor Levit at Berlin Festtage

Peerless Mozart from Daniel Barenboim and the VPO