Italy Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Comunale of Bologna/Jader Bignamini (conductor), Teatro Rossini, Pesaro, 10.08.2016. (JB)
Jades Bignamini Conducting Makes Ciro in Babilonia Bristle with Newfound Vitality
Jack Buckley
Speranza Scappucci’s Conducting of Il turco in Italia Impresses
Italy Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) (1) – Rossini, Il turco in Italia: Filarmonica Gioachino Rossini/Speranza Scappucci (conductor), Teatro Rossini, Pesaro, 9.8.2016. (JB)
Elissò Virsaladze: The Concert and the Course
Italy Various composers: Elissò Virsaladze (piano) and members of her Masterclass. The Caetani Castle of Sermoneta. Campus Internazionale di Musica and Festival Pontino di Musica. 9.7.2016 to 12.7.2016. (JB)
Rebel with a Cause
Italy Paganini, Brahms, Massenet, Kreisler, Tchaikovsky, Sarasate: Ivos Margoni (violin) Rodolfo Focarelli (piano). Former stables of the Caetani Castle, Sermoneta. Festival Pontino. 10.07.2016 (JB)
Women are Just Like That
Italy Mozart, Così fan tutte – in concert form: Chorus and Orchestra of Santa Cecilia Rome. Conductor, Semyon Bychkov. Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica Rome, 27.6.2016. (JB)
Peter Brook’s Musicality
Italy Battlefield from the Mahabharata, written by Jean-Claude Carrièrre: C.I.C.T. Theatre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris, directed by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne. Music by Toshi Tsuchitori; Costumes by Oria Puppo; Lighting by Philippe Vialatte. Teatro Argentina, Rome 14.5.2016. (JB)
Grigory Sokolov Carries His Audience With Him Every Inch of the Way
Italy Schumann & Chopin: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Grigory Sokolov (piano). Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome. 15.4.2016. (JB)
When Boris isn’t Godunov – by Jack Buckley
United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: direct transmission from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London at the Cinema Barberini, Rome, 21.3.2016 with the Chorus (Renato Balsadonna) and Orchestra of the ROH, Conductor Antonio Pappano. (JB)