Haydn, Mozart, Handel: Welsh Sinfonia, Mark Eager (conductor), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. 28.9.2013 (PCG)
Cardiff
Walker Launches BBC’s Season of American Music
United Kingdom Thompson, Barber, Copland, Piston: Elena Urioste (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Garry Walker (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 24.9.2013 (PCG)
WNO’s None too “Shabby” Tosca Shocks as it Should.
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: (Revival Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 21.9.2013 (GPu)
WNO’s Maria Stuarda Fails to Communicate Spirit of Tudor England
United Kingdom Donizetti, Maria Stuarda (Production Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Operas, Graeme Jenkins (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 13.9.2013 (GPu)
Farnocchia and Goeldner Star in Opening to WNO’s Donizetti Trilogy
United Kingdom Donizetti, Anna Bolena (Production Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera Daniele Rustoni, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 7.9.2013 (GPu)
Attracting New Audiences to Classical Music
United Kingdom Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Barber: Unbuttoned – Sinfonia Cymru at Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff. 6.9.2013 (PCG)
Youth Opera Company Triumphs in Challenging Britten Opera
United Kingdom Britten, Paul Bunyan (Production Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Youth Opera / Alice Farnham (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 23.8.2013 (GPu)
Simply Superb Mahler from Søndergård
United Kingdom Huw Watkins, Mahler: Alina Ibragimova (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 28.6.2013. (PCG)