United Kingdom Holmès, Schumann, Tower, Price: Miriam Batsashvili (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Valentina Peleggi (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 8.3.2019. (PCG)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales Celebrates International Women’s Day
Cardiff
Vasily Petrenko Launches the Oslo Philharmonic’s UK Tour in Cardiff
United Kingdom Sibelius, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Nicolai Lugansky (piano), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 6.3.2019. (PCG)
Though not for Arachnophobes, WNO’s Roberto Devereux is Graced by Some Top-Class Singing
United Kingdom Donizetti, Roberto Devereux: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 28.2.2019. (GPu)
Both Musically and Personally, Katy Woolley Charms her Cardiff Audience
United Kingdom Bissill, Cherubini, Bernstein, Poulenc, Mozart: Katy Woolley (horn), Peter Adcock (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, 22.2.2019. (GPu)
Symphony Orchestra of India, First UK Tour
United Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, Saint-Saëns,Weber: Marat Bisengaliev (violin), Symphony Orchestra of India / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 21.2.2019. (PCG)
WNO’s Limited The Magic Flute Production Gets Redeemed by Some Excellent Singing
United Kingdom Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Damian Iorio (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 15.2.2019. (GPu)
Sir Andrew Davis Launches ‘Berlioz: The Ultimate Romantic’
United Kingdom Berlioz: Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Matthew Brook (bass), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 15.2.2019. (PCG)
Much to Admire, Musically and Visually, in David Pountney’s WNO Un ballo in maschera Premiere
United Kingdom Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 9.2.2019. (GPu)
& Mary Elizabeth Williams (Amelia) (c) Bill Cooper