United Kingdom Various: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 20.11.2022. (CC)
Andsnes’s commanding performance of Beethoven’s Op.110 is a highlight of a varied Wigmore Hall recital
Colin Clarke
The Royal Opera at its best in Richard Jones’s new Alcina at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Handel (ed. Flesch) Alcina: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Christian Curnyn (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 14.11.2022 (CC)
The Royal Opera at its very best: a new generation of singers excel in The Rape of Lucretia
United Kingdom Britten, The Rape of Lucretia: Soloists, Aurora Orchestra / Corinna Niemeyer (conductor). Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden, 13.11.2022. (CC)
Radvanovsky is the Medea of the 2020s in David McVicar’s visceral Met production
United States Met: Live in HD – Cherubini’s Medea: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Gary Halvorson) to the Barbican Cinema, London, 22.10.2022. (CC)
AAM’s The Seasons at the Barbican was a supreme affirmation of Haydn’s masterpiece
United Kingdom Haydn, The Seasons, Hob. XXI:3 (sung in English, translation McCreesh): Rachel Nichols (soprano, Hannah), Benjamin Hulett (tenor, Lucas), Jonathan Lemalu (bass, Simon), Nina Dunn Studio (video and projection design), Martin Parr (staging director), Academy of Ancient Music Chorus and Orchestra / Laurence Cummings (conductor). Barbican Centre, London, 4.10.2022. (CC)
Twists and tweaks abound in Christof Loy’s new well cast Tosca for ENO
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca (sung in English, translated by Edmund Tracey): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Leo Hussain (conductor). London Coliseum, St Martin’s Lane, 30.9.2022. (CC)
Superb Wigmore Hall concert – educational and viscerally exciting – celebrates 25 years of The Mozartists
United Kingdom Mozart’s Czech Mates – Vanhal, Gluck, Mozart, Mysliveček, G. A. Benda, Kozeluch: Chiara Skerath (soprano), The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 26.9.2022. (CC)
Lots to celebrate musically, but Carsen’s Aida production at Covent Garden will split critical opinion
United Kingdom Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 25.10.2022. (CC)
