United Kingdom Ravel, Haydn, Bartók: Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) with Kaspar Zehnder (flute) and Tomáš Jamnik (cello). Barbican Hall, London, 8.5.2013 (CC)
Colin Clarke
Zauberflöte Lacks Mysticism and Magic
United Kingdom Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Julia Jones (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 7.5.2013 (CC)
Faust Performance Overshadowed by Memories of Sir Colin
United Kingdom Berlioz, Le damnation de Faust: Ruxandra Donose (mezzo); Paul Groves (tenor); Benedict Nelson (baritone); Sir Willard White (bass-baritone); New London Children’s Choir; London Symphony Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Dutoit. Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.4.2013 (CC)
Handel’s Esther: A Special Experience
United Kingdom Handel: Esther, HWV501 (First Reconstructable Version, Cannons, 1720) Soloists, Dunedin Consort, John Butt (director) Wigmore Hall, London, 26.4.2013 (CC)
Daniele Gatti Leads a Tremendous Verdi Requiem
United Kingdom Verdi Requiem: Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano); Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto); Francesco Meli (tenor); Carlo Colombara (bass-baritone); Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra; Daniele Gatti (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 20.4.2013 (CC)
Britten Opera Performance Dedicated to Sir Colin
United Kingdom Britten, Turn of the Screw (concert performance): Soloists, Members of the London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Farnes (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 18.4.2013 (CC)
3D Specs Fail to Rescue Sunken Garden
United Kingdom Van der Aa, Sunken Garden:Cast and Orchestra of English National Opera / André de Ridder (conductor), Barbican Theatre, London, 12.4.13 (CC)
Chorus Inject Colour into Covent Garden’s Monochrome Nabucco
United Kingdom Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). .Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 30.3.2013 (CC)