United Kingdom Various composers, Perfect Pianists (BBC Television Archives) with presenter, David Owen Norris: was first transmitted on 4 March 2016 on BBC4 and then made available for 23 days for downloading on BBC iPlayer. (JB)
Jack Buckley
Verdi’s Attila Provides Entertainment Value
Italy Verdi, Attila: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Massimo, Palermo. Chorus Master Piero Monti. Conductor Daniel Oren. Stage Director Daniele Abbado. Sets and Lighting Gianni Carluccio. Costumes Gianni Carluccio and Daniela Cernigliaro. Teatro Massimo Palermo 19.02.2016. (JB)
Roberto González-Monjas and Kit Armstrong Looking for Beethoven
Italy Beethoven: Roberto González-Monjas (violin) Kit Armstrong (piano) Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome. Sala Sinopoli, Parco della Musica 12.02.2016. (JB)
Mariella Devia as Donizetti’s Three Queens
Italy Donizetti: Mariella Devia (soprano) with Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Massimo Palermo. Chorus master, Piero Monti. Conductor, Francesco Lanzillotta. Teatro Massimo, Palermo 3.2.2016. (JB)
Sicily Uncovers the Secrets of Götterdämmerung
photo courtesy of Teatro Massimo Palermo
Italy Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Staging by Graham Vick with Ron Howell as Director of the Mimes. Sets and costumes by Richard Hudson. Lighting Designer, Giuseppe Di Iorio. Soloists, Orchestra and chorus of Teatro Massimo, Palermo (Chorus Master, Piero Monti) / Stefan Anton Reick (conductor). Teatro Massimo, Palermo, 28.01.2016 and 2.2.2016. (JB)
When Geniality Meets Creativity: Haydn in Rome
Italy Haydn, The Creation: Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Chorus Master, Ciro Visco. Christiane Karg (soprano) Benjamin Bruns (tenor) Günther Grosissböck (bass) / Andrés Orozco-Estrada (conductor). Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome 21.12.2015. (JB)
A Salutary Reminder of the Essence of Chamber Music from the Ebéne Quartet
Italy Haydn, Ravel, Schumann, Ebéne Quartet: Pierre Colambet and Gabriel Le Magadure (violins), Adrien Boisseau (viola), Raphael Merlin (cello) with Mitsuko Uchida (piano). Sala Sinopoli, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome 11.12.2015. (JB)
The Triumph of Verdi’s Misunderstood Opera at La Scala’s Opening
Italy Verdi, Giovanna d’Arco: Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Milan. Conductor, Riccardo Chailly. Seen and heard in Direct Transmission through RAI at cinema Barberini Rome 7.12. 2015. (JB)