Italy Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky. Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Chorus Master, Ciro Visco. Conductor, Stanislav Kochanovsky. Evgeny Nikitin (bass) Sala Santa Cecilia 07.04.2014 (JB)
Jack Buckley
Another Rarely-Performed Rossini Jewel
Italy Rossini, Maometto 11 Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Chorus master, Roberto Gabbiani. Conductor, Roberto Abbado. Sets and costumes by Pier Luigi Pizzi with his 2005 production from Teatro La Fenice, Venice. 1.4.2014. (JB)
Winterreise to Waly – Bostridge in Rome
Italy Schubert, Ives, Britten Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) Accademia Filarmonica Romana at Teatro Argentina, Rome 27.03.2014 (JB)
Unravelling Ravel
Italy Ravel, L’heure espagnole and L’ enfant et les sortilèges. Chorus and orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera Rome. Conductor, Charles Dutoit. Staging and Costumes by Laurent Pelly in his Glyndebourne production. Rehearsed in Rome by Paul Higgins. Sets of L’heure espagnole by Caroline Ginet; sets of L’enfant et les sortilèges by Barbara de Limburg. Original Glyndebourne lighting by Joël Adam, reset in Rome by Andrew May. Teatro dell’Opera, Rome 01.02.2014 (JB)
Musica di Maurice Ravel
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Feeling His Way
Italy Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Liszt. Vitaly Pisarenko (piano) The Keyboard Charitable Trust at the Teatro Ghione, Rome. 19.01.2014 (JB)
Rome Goes Viennese
Italy. Johann Strauss Jr, Lehar, Brahms, Josef Strauss, Arditi, Tchaikovsky. Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Conductor, Manfred Honeck with Sumi Jo (soprano) Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome. 05.01.2014 (JB)
Musical Energy
Italy Schubert and Scriabin Evgeny Kissin (piano) Schubert, Sonata in D op 53 D850; Scriabin, Sonata-fantasia no 2 in G sharp minor op 19 and Seven Studies from the Twelve Studies, op 8. Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome. 05.12.2013 (JB)
When is a cliché not a cliché?
Italy Verdi, Ernani: Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Conductor: Riccardo Muti, (Chorus Master: Roberto Gabbiani). Rome, 1.12.2013. (JB)